Credit: Rijksmuseum
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Comments: Footrest to the throne of William III of the Netherlands. On the bench a label: Wed. G. Dorens and Zn. Hofspiegelkoopers, Rokin 56 Amsterdam. Branding: Palace Amsterdam. Horrix Brothers, The Hague, 1842-1849
Credit: Starus; Palace of Versailles
License: Public Domain
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Comments: Paul I, the emperor of Russia, who became the grand master of the Order of Malta in 1799, had this carved, gold-covered wooden throne made for the Knights' Chapel near Vorontsov Palace in Saint Petersburg to magnify his new dignity. Telesforo Bonaveri was commissioned to the work based on a design by the neo-classical architect Giacomo Quarenghi (1744-1817), who was in charge of building the chapel. A pair of hawks with outstretched wings serve as elbow-rest, their talons resting on flattened pads.
Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917; Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Comments: Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays. 1st–2nd century A.D.
From Easton: connected with a throne (2 Chronicles 9:18). Jehovah symbolically dwelt in the holy place between the cherubim above the ark of the covenant. The ark was his footstool (1 Chronicles 28:2; Psalms 99:5; Psalms 132:7). And as heaven is God's throne, so the earth is his footstool (Psalms 110:1; Isaiah 66:1; Matthew 5:35).
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