This desk chair has a curved and enveloping back called gondola – a name that appeared under the Directory. The top of the slightly reversed and delicately hemmed backsplash, descends in a regular slope to reach the top of the arched armrest, represented by the winding of a wing. The rear feet are sabre-shaped, the slightly concave front waistband is smooth. The anterior uprights are made up of lion’s heads with pronounced sinuous eyebrow arches. The mane on their chest is formed by palmettes. Their body has the form of a hock ending in a clawed foot. They deploy long wings with finely sculpted plumage ending in a coil centred on a blooming flower. The sculpture’s remarkable quality and the elegant curved surface of the connection between the cross member of the backrest and the armrest reveal a perfect mastery from both carpenter and sculptor.