Bidspirit auction | Spanish Empire Carved Oak Vintage

Spanish Empire Carved Oak Vintage Armchair - Spanish Empire device of double head Eagle, beak to wingtip, in heavy Jacobean ornate style with armrest details and overall generous proportions. Warm medium red oak color. Wear and condition consistent with vintage age and normal use. A small scratch on the bottom of the back leg will require a touch-up. A central highpoint on the chair back has been lost. Please observe photos carefully. Chair back 41 inches high. Seat 19 inches deep x 23 inches wide. Arms 24 inches deep x 25 inches wide. Base 20 inches deep x 24 inches wide.In heraldry, the double-headed eagle is a device associated with the concept of Empire. Most modern uses of the symbol are directly or indirectly associated with its use by the Byzantine Empire, whose use of it represented the Empire's dominion over the Near East and the West. The double-headed eagle is a motif that appears in Mycenaean Greece and in the Ancient Near East, especially in Hittite iconography. Reappearing during the High Middle Ages, notably used by the Byzantine Empire, by the 12th-century representations have also been found originating from Islamic Spain, France, and the Serbian principality of Raška. Those used as devices or charges on Spanish Empire pieces show the beak of the Eagles touching the wings rather than a separation between them being visible as seen in other empires.