Antique American Robert Mitchell Carved Chinoiserie Savonarola Dragon Chair Circa 1900 Paintings later the Art Institute of

later the Art Institute of Chicago

Antique Berlin KPM Style Porcelain Portrait Miniature Painting

The box of sarcophagus shape and resting on gilded lion's paw feet

38 cm X 33 cm X 15 cm

Antique American Robert Mitchell Carved Chinoiserie Savonarola Dragon Chair Circa 1900 Paintings later the Art Institute ofSOLD A very rare antique American carved Savanarola dragon chair, by Robert Mitchell, circa 1900. This most unusual chair by Robert Mitchell (formerly Mitchell and Rammelsberg) follows a Savanarola form of the 15th Century chairs of the Italian Renaissance and has it roots from the chairs of ancient Rome. Mitchell had created a range of ornately carved chairs in the late 19th and very early 20th century, they were generally known as "Roman chairs".