Talk:Curule seat

Dagobert's throne
Would a separate article on this single curule chair be possible? I don't know if enough information exists to justify it. I tried to create one a year ago and failed. It would be nice either way to have a picture of the chair. Srnec (talk) 17:43, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
What a refreshingly good article! Articles pertaining to ancient Rome are often full of bias, archaism, and very stale or inappropriate sources. Thanks to all for a pleasant read! Cynwolfe (talk) 14:26, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

technical details
this article lacks the description of technical details. one can only suppose how the chair should look from the images, there are no hints in the text.

Is there anything that distinguishes the commonly encountered, and currently manufactured, backless folding camping/backpacking chairs from Curule seats? A "director's chair" seems to be a Curule seat with arms and a back. Nylon and metal tube director's chairs, and armless versions, are among the most common and inexpensive chairs sold, particularly for camping. Is "Curule" limited to describing an expensive seat permitted to be used only by authorities?Davidewald (talk) 19:57, 1 December 2017 (UTC)Sanatogan
 * A director's chair folds. It has simple wooden framework, steel pins and flexible canvas upholstery. A historical curule has more impressive upholstery (or non  and a cushion) and does not fold, but it usually impressively carved. There is a lack of historical evidence for old chairs that folded. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:41, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

The last paragraph under "Ancient Rome", the first sentence of "Other Uses" and statements throughout the article imply that Curule seats fold. Folding appears to be a defining feature of the design. The legs of Dagobert's throne look to be designed for folding. However, the recent nylon and tube chairs do incorporate changes to allow more compact folding (all four legs come together).Davidewald (talk) 04:38, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * But how old is Dagobert's? We certainly see folding "campaign chairs" (i.e. director's chairs) from the time of the first Napoleon and this throne was "restored" soon after. But it's questionable how original the current throne is, and whether it folded before the restoration. Andy Dingley (talk) 08:06, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Era convention
The era convention in this article seems mixed. I really don't know whether BCE/CE or BC/AD takes precedence here, so please don't take my recent edits to indicate a preference—BC/AD is just what registered with me first, so that's what I used. If no one else wants to go through and render the era consistently, I'm happy to do that, but I don't have an opinion as to which it should be. Cynwolfe (talk) 20:58, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * User:Wetman introduced the first era style as BCE with this edit, back in 2008 (was it). So it should be that, absent a later consensus. Johnbod (talk) 02:33, 14 August 2023 (UTC)