Folding X-chair
Also titled Vouwstoel
c. 1620 - c. 1650
- Medium
- copper (metal), walnut (hardwood), leather
- Classification
- chair
- Dimensions
- height 100 cm x width 74.5 cm x depth 44.3 cm x depth 44.3 cm x weight 11 kg
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Since antiquity, this type of folding or X-chair has served as a seat of honour for emperors and bishops. Usually, there was only one such chair in a room – reserved for a person of standing. The front legs and posts are decorated with dolphins and crowned Tritons (mermen: half-men, half-fish). The hinge on the front is fitted with a lion’s head.
