Curule seat
（重定向自Curule Chair）
![Two pairs of bronze legs, belonging to sellae curules, preserved in the museum at Naples (Museo Borbonico, vol. vi. tav. 28); and a sella curulis, copied from the Vatican collection.[1]](/Images/godic/202501/07/Curule_chair,_sella_curulis,_Museo_Borbonico,_vol._vi._tav._281045.gif")
![Stool in the design of the sella curulis (around 1810).](/Images/godic/202501/07/Hocker_Curules_um_18101045.jpg")
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A curule seat is a design of chair noted for its uses in Ancient Rome and Europe through to the 20th century. Its uses in Rome as a symbol of political or military power carried over to be used in such a regard by Kings in Europe, Napoleon, and others.