The antique rotating chair for the piano “sea scallop”, better known as de Grotto, the origin of which is rooted in Venice, in the bizarre era “Rococo”. The chair itself is made in the form of a sea scallop (Rokaille, curl), with a tripod with a base-thunder base ending with clawed lion's paws. Walnut, thread. Italy, XIX century.

The period of Rococo reached the top in France, where the masters gave the furniture of playfulness, splendor, idleness, it gained live forms. The word Rocaille - French, primarily belonged to the decor of the artificially created grottoes, where sea shells, stones and such amazing furniture were used. The sink is an undoubtedly amazing creation of nature and the ocean, it was used not only as a decor, but also for the manufacture of weapons, tools. At one time, there were a lot of varieties of chairs for the grotto. On very many, a dolphin was depicted as an element of the noble origin of the French kings (they were called dofins), during the reign of the English monarch Georg II (1727 to 1760), chairs were made of red tree and covered with silver and gold. Of course, while maintaining a chamber seat.