"Empire Period Curule Stool In Mahogany And Gilt Bronze"
French work, early 19th century Stool called "Curule" from the Empire period, all in mahogany decorated with gilded bronzes, high quality workmanship. Has its original upholstery and trimmings, having undergone no restorations. The curule seat (in Latin sella curulis, from currus, "carriage") is a symbol of power in ancient Rome, over ancient Rome which could sit the Roman magistrates and promagistrates possessing the imperium (power to constrain and punish) , that is to say the consuls, the dictators, the masters of cavalry, the praetors and the curule aediles. According to Plutarch, only the exercise of a magistracy entitling a curule chair allowed a client to free himself from the client tutelage of his patron. 
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