Antique Wooden Library Ladder with Handle

A wonderful, rare, antique expandable English mahogany bed step from the 19th century. Features an extending lower step with an inset tooled leather panel...

We are  delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Arts & Crafts Victorian metamorphic library steps chair in oak with period upho...

Belgium / 1920 / stool / wood / industrial / vintage / mid-century / design An industrial stool in lacquered wood, made in Belgium around 1920. With a recessed handle and 4 legs wit...

We are delighted to offer for sale this large and collectable lightly restored William IV circa 1830 Flamed Mahogany, metamorphic armchair which converts into Library steps attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London. This is a wonderful piece of English history, I have never seen another with such elegant turned front legs, usually they are plainer and straight timber. The seat pad has been upholstered with a grey linen, the steps and raw flamed mahogany and look amazing. This chair is an important and extremely expensive looking thing that commands attention in any setting. You can see the same model made by Gillows currently viewed in the Victorian & Albert Museum, below is an extra from their listing. The period 1800-1825 was a great one for ‘patent’ or ‘metamorphic’ furniture This chair, which transforms into a short set of steps for use with bookshelves, is close to a design for a ‘Library Chair’ published in Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of the Arts in July 1811, which was made by the London firm of Morgan and Saunders, of Catherine Street, Strand. They were well known for their ingenious furniture, including reading chairs with writing surfaces attached and a great variety of travelling beds...

France / 1880 / stool / wood, rattan / antique / rustic Charming wooden stool made in France around 1880. This stool has a rattan top and is resting on four hand carved swayed legs ...

Motus. A bench designed with the idea of constant movement, even when anchored to a fixed place, Motus combines handcrafted lime wood with contrasting marble legs. The seat is hand painted, with an image reminiscent of The Great Wave off Kanagawa...

A finely proportioned Chinese wooden stool dating to the late Qing Dynasty, early 20th century, distinguished by its rattan inset seat, waisted apron, and horse hoof legs. The square...

Antique Heywood Wakefield Wooden Stool. It is 18.5'' high and the legs are 13" apart. The seat is 12.25" wide. It has normal wear with marks and losses to finish. Nice color and a...

Antique Arts & Crafts Stick and Ball Thebes Bentwood Slat Wooden Stool. Item features a bentwood slatted seat, twisted legs, very nice antique. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements:...

Rare antique wood hand carved gothic revival child settle / small hall bench / foldable Library Ladder, Metamorphic Library steps, 1880s This uniqu...