The folding X-frame stool has a genuinely long pedigree as a symbol of authority rather than ordinary seating: the Roman sella curulis was reserved for magistrates, generals and the emperor, its backless design deliberately uncomfortable enough to keep officials from lingering too long at their duties. Medieval Europe inherited that tradition through the faldstool, an X-framed folding seat used by kings, abbots and bishops, since chairs of any kind remained genuinely uncommon and were themselves a mark of status through much of the Middle Ages, when most people sat on plain benches.
This folding stool is fitted with a genuine leather seat over a hardwood frame, offering a further alternative build within our leather-seated folding stool range.
Deepeeka’s reproduction pairs that historic X-frame construction with a practical leather seat, part of our historical furniture range.








