Antique Italian Hand Carved Walnut Renaissance Dragon & Knight Throne Chair 1880 Sold it remains a celebrated piece

it remains a celebrated piece of jewelry

A pair of brightly colored whimsical Staffordshire figures modeled the famous 18th century highwaymen Dick Turpin and Tom King

5 cm X 2 cm

The desk is raised on featherbanded tulipwood cabriole legs

Antique Italian Hand Carved Walnut Renaissance Dragon & Knight Throne Chair 1880 Sold it remains a celebrated pieceSOLD A fine & remarkable carved walnut Renaissance Revival Italian Curule chair, carved with Dragons & Knights, circa 1880. The chair having a very finely carved top crest with a pair of winged dragons with their claws resting on a shield draped with a carved chain with a dragons tooth, the dragons flank a knight's helmet, to each side are 'grotesques' carved as the head of monks. The back having an upholstered head rest with stylized acanthus leaf