The seven carved gilt wood Fauteuil armchairs have shaped seats and
backs and are upholstered with red velvet. Six more chairs, similar in
style, can be found in the Sala Rossa (the official room for civil
weddings of the Council of Bologna, located on the first floor of the
Palace).
Also upholstered in red velvet, but of a different make, are the two
benches. They have cabriole (S-shaped) legs, joined by a richly carved
cross-stretcher with a supporting wooden brace at its intersection.
Note the two small neoclassical armchairs with fluted legs, rounded
seats and oval backs. They are part of a set of 6, the
remaining four are now on display in room 14.
The five carved gilt wood console tables are a good example of the
Bolognese Rococò, stylistically influenced
by the coeval Roman production. They have a serpentine shaped
molded top supported by four cabriole legs. The first and the third on
the left wall are pairs. Their marble veneer top is fitted
over a conforming frieze, decorated with acanthus and flower swags and
centered by a carved female head. The second on the left side has legs
joined by a scrolled cross-stretcher, centered by a carved vase.
On entering the room, to the right, stands a remarkable carved gilt
wood lectern, made by an artist from Parma known as“ Il
Parmegiano”working at the beginning of the 18th century . It
comes from the Chapter room of the Charterhouse of Bologna
(now the town cemetery). The monastery was dedicated to St. Jerome -
note the skull, lion, cardinal hat, cross and book, iconographic
symbols of the saint.
