the long seat of slatted wood flanked by incurved arms with ball-form handholds; raised on a folding scissors double base; the term Savonarola derives from the chair on which the Savonarola used to sit in the convent of San Marco in Florence. The chair is named for the Italian Renaissance religious zealot Girolamo Savonarola; wear and patina to surface; movement to hinged frame; 2 ball-form handles replaced
the rectangular plank top above an apron fitted with a single drawer flanked by paneled reserves on sides and back; raised on thick square-form fluted and reeded legs all joined by a perimeter stretcher; back finished so can be floated in a room; good sturdy condition with overall patina; replacements
