@killingfloorman on the other hand, some possible alternatives:

objet d'art comment on the actual degree of sacrifice offered by today's clergy, given the recliner and obviously padded "cross" and silk bonds,

an artist rendering of the Monty Python "comfy chair" torture threatened by the Cardinal of the Spanish Inquisition. no wonder it's unexpected 😎

or it could have been confiscated in a raid on a Vatican apartment used for drug fueled sex orgies, as reported.🔽🔽🔽 or used as an invitation?