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Seat of Honor

Maker (Italian, 1850 - 1918)
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1870- 1918
Mediummarble
Dimensions79 x 28 in. (200.7 x 71.1 cm.)
DescriptionA seat of honor of carved marble in neoclassical style that replicates the shape and design of ancient Greek and Roman seats usually reserved for dignitaries, officials, and priests in public spaces and theatres in the Antiquity.
SignedSignature of the sculptor carved on the edge of the seat back: A. Natali, Firenze
InscribedSignature of the sculptor carved on the edge of the seat back: A. Natali, Firenze
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On view
Object number10.146
Sibyl
Antonio Schiassi
1768
Object number: 2009.9.1
Prophet
Antonio Schiassi
1768
Object number: 2009.9.2
Photography © 2015 Fredrik Nilsen
Francesco Antonio Franzoni
n.d.
Object number: 2016.14
Tracing of Seat Back
John Henry Dearle
ca. 1905-1925
Object number: 2000.5.1802
Tapestry Seat Back
John Henry Dearle
ca. 1905-1925
Object number: 2000.5.1801
Comb-back Windsor Armchair with D Seat
Unknown, American
ca. 1760
Object number: 2016.25.74
Courtesy of the artist and Paulson Fontaine Press
Mary Lee Bendolph
2005
Object number: 2019.8.16
Seat
Unknown
n.d.
Object number: 10.129
Edinburgh, from St. Anthony's Chapel, Arthur's Seat
Unknown
ca.1830-1836
Object number: 37.1
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Paul Manship
1915
Object number: 95.20