This opulent armchair, in the style fo the Venitian cabinetmaker Andrea Brustolon, is a mystery at the Comédie Française. Has it been on stage, having been around since 1890? There are no clues. Did it perhaps furnish the box of the turn-of-the-century member of the Comédie Française? Whatever the case, this mannerist work of art is quite remarkable and perfectly theatrical.