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Material: Metal
MidCentury Painted Black Walnut 4 Tier Spiral Library Book Staircase Step Ladder
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is a beautiful Italian turned painted walnut wood circular step ladder. The staircase offers four stairs, each with a gold leaf decorated inlay of cognac-coloured shee...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Metal Ladders
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,372 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Library Ladder with Great Patina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C. rustic library ladder. Most of the original paint has worn off but it has a great patina.
Category
20th Century Unknown Rustic Metal Ladders
Materials
Iron
$450 Sale Price
52% Off
American A-Frame Orchard Ladder, 1940
s
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique American A-frame wood and metal riveted folding apple orchard harvest ladder in beautifully aged original weathered surface. Extended working po...
Category
1940s American Vintage Metal Ladders
Materials
Metal
Rose Tarlow Walnut Dayton Hall Library Step Ladder
By Rose Tarlow
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large rustic walnut library step ladder designed by Rose Tarlow Melrose House, Beverly Hills, California The step ladder features a sturdy walnut frame with thick patinated forged ir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Metal Ladders
Materials
Iron
Antique Leather Brass Library Steps
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
The 19th-century French library step ladder is an ideal antique to enhance any space. With a semi-circular design and four stairs surrounding a central post, it exudes elegance. Thi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass
Roger Tallon Aluminum Helicoid Staircase
By Roger Tallon
Located in Queens, NY
French Post-War Design (1966) polished aluminum helicoid form circular 13 step staircase with rubber step surface (designed by ROGER TALLON)
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Ladders
Materials
Aluminum
Early 20th Century English Leather-Clad Folding Pole Ladder
Located in Charlottesville, VA
An early 20th century English pole ladder clad in dark brown leather and detailed with brass nailhead trim. The piece features a clever folding mechanism integrated at the base, allo...
Category
Early 20th Century British Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass
Library Stepladder in Wood, Leather and Brass
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice library stepladder is made of wood and brass, the steps are trimmed in leather. This is a French work. Circa 1940
Category
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass
$1,889 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century French Folding Library Step Ladder
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome late 19th century French country folding library ladder. Featuring a handcrafted design with seven rungs or steps and iron hardware. From an estate in Santa Barbara, CA.
Category
19th Century French Country Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Iron
Authentic Antique Brass Ship’s Ladder from the Late 19th Century
Located in Hamburg, DE
Step into the past with our authentic antique brass ship’s ladder dating back to the late 19th century. Originally crafted for ship cabins, this meticulous...
Category
Late 19th Century British Belle Époque Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass
Folding Walnut Library Pole ladder
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Folding Walnut Library Pole ladder, of typical form when closed and opening at the press of a brass button to reveal seven stair rungs. English Cir...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass
Arthur Umanoff for Shaver Howard Spiral Staircase Plant Stand
Located in Lutz, FL
Mid Century Arthur Umanoff for Shaver Howard spiral staircase plant/decor stand. Wrought Iron with wood steps, 20” x 20” x 42”H. The perfect accent piece for your plants, books, and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Metal Ladders
Materials
Wrought Iron
An English Mahogany Library Stair with 3 Leather Lined Steps and Single Drawer
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusual and attractive set of English mahogany Regency style library stairs, each tread lined in brown gilt-tooled leather ending in an identically lined platform. The steps have ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass
$2,920 Sale Price / item
20% Off
19th Century French Walnut Library Ladder - Antique Book Shelf, Rack
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique French library ladder in a beautiful weathered condition and in good condition. It can be used as a practical piece for your a...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Metal, Brass
American Industrial Rolling work platform / steps/ ladder by Cotterman co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
American Industrial Rolling work platform / steps/ ladder by Cotterman co... Classic design,, Wonderful patina.. fully functional.. Art / sculpture.Hand delivery avail to New yORK cI...
Category
1950s American Industrial Vintage Metal Ladders
Materials
Steel
Metamorphic Library Steps
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A George III design, mahogany four-step metamorphic library coffee table, with decorative gilt incised leather top and leathered steps opening to f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English George III Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass
$6,058 / item
Steel Industrial Ladder Steps
Located in Austin, TX
An English industrial step ladder of sturdy steel construction.
Each step has perforations making a nice tiered plant stand
Great little step ladder for many interior uses - a great...
Category
20th Century British Metal Ladders
Materials
Metal
Vintage Library Ladder in Solid Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage library ladder made in solid wood with beautiful details.
Measurements:
Open; 85.25 inches high x 50.50 inches wide when open x 6 inches wide when closed x 22.50 inches deep.
Category
1980s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Ladders
Materials
Steel
Antique Rustic Primitive Wood Ladder
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique rustic primitive wood ladder, c. 1910-1920.
Charming, weathered ladder with original paint in shades of white and gray with hints of pale blue, green and yellow.. It retains...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Primitive Metal Ladders
Materials
Metal
English Regency Metamorphic Library Ladder
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency mahogany metamorphic library table/steps with hinged top & lion finial on a scrolled base. (with registry tag for J. Brodey, Bristo...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Bronze
Gold Ladder
Located in Paris, FR
Ladder gold made in polished stainless steel
in gold finish, using bending properties of steel sheets.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Metal Ladders
Materials
Stainless Steel
$2,351 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Salvino Marsura Scala Multioso from Treviso Italy, 2000s
Located in London, GB
A step ladder with a flourish of the Art Nouveau. Arched, bisecting stems carry a sense of the whimsical; a sculptural, poetic take to a typically utilitarian home object.
The piec...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Metal Ladders
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Industrial Professional Painters Ladder, Modernist Design
Located in Buffalo, NY
1940s Industrial Metal Professional Folding Ladder, Great design, Paint can holder can be for left or right handed.
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Metal Ladders
Materials
Metal
A fine George III mahogany pole ladder
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine George III mahogany pole ladder, of typical form when closed and opening at the press of a brass button to reveal seven stair rungs, secured by brass fittings, including a peg...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass
Industrial Era Wood Ladder with Tall Iron Pipe Handles
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A two- sided four rung ladder with a top mounted with tall open square shaped handles. The front and back connected by flat stretchers. Raised on wheels. Oval Metal number plate...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Metal Ladders
Materials
Iron
Dogon
African Ladder, Mali
Located in Los Angeles, CA
African Granary Ladder on custom steel stand from the Dogon People of Mali. The ladders were used by the Dogon people to climb to upper levels of granaries and access hard-to-reach p...
Category
20th Century Malian Metal Ladders
Materials
Steel
Agwam Hangar Aircraft Service and Repair Fuselage Access Ladder Prop Treehouse
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A vintage relic sold as a prop. An antique collapsible Early-century wooden and steel ladder. Each Rung Segment is 14 inches and space between rungs is about 12 inches. Seems strong...
Category
1920s American Industrial Vintage Metal Ladders
Materials
Steel
$1,000 Sale Price
60% Off
Peat Bucket
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very large English George III or Regency brass bound mahogany peat bucket. The bucket is in overall very good condition. The bucket features side...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass, Tin
$2,520 Sale Price
11% Off
Vintage iron Ladder with chain support - 20th
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Vintage iron Ladder with chain support
Decoration - Vintage - Ladder
Measures : 57cm H:153cm
Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
20th Century Industrial Metal Ladders
Materials
Iron
Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Metamorphic Bench
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular padded seat covered in brown leather, opening to reveal a set of library steps, over a solid inlaid seat-rail and ring-turned tapering legs ending in castors.
18in. high, 34 1/2in. wide and 16 1/2in. deep. Opened, 36in. high and 49in. wide.
Rooms organized during the Regency period as libraries often had floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. The upper shelves were difficult to reach, so movable library stairs were invaluable. Further, libraries were one of the most important rooms in a stately house, symbol of its owner's wealth, culture and status. As a consequence, designers, architects and cabinet or chair makers devoted much attention to its architecture and decoration. Hence, the emrgence of innovative ideas such as our bench.
Enter the Regency era metamorphic library chair/bench (chairs are more common than benches)!
The tables, chairs and stools containing library steps were patented in Great Britain by Robert Campbell in 1774 but this innovative chair-based design did not become immediately popular. Once the Regency was established, a neo-classical interpretation of Campbell’s Metamorphic Library Chair concept started to become popular in London. Any early attributions rely heavily on two contemporary sketches...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass
Regency Mahogany Metamorphic Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
With horizontal tablet crestrail with scrolled ends over down scrolled arms raised on saber legs, chair folds forward to form a ladder.
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Other
Set of George III Mahogany Library Steps
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
An unusual flight of substantial late 18th Century Mahogany library steps, with a tall handrail, above a set of pullout steps with pair of brass handles, joined by stretchers. In goo...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass, Iron
An unusual set of Victorian folding Walnut library steps
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual set of Victorian folding Walnut library steps, with original iron hand hold and what appears to be the original green baize tread.
Category
20th Century English Victorian Metal Ladders
Materials
Iron
Artie Ladder White
Located in Cincinnati, US
Scandinavian inspired blanket/towel ladder. Simple, minimal and clean rack.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Mid-Century Modern Metal Ladders
Materials
Steel, Wire
$146 / item
Pair 19thc Tall Haberdashery Tall Rolling Industrial Solid Oak Ladders
Located in Savannah, GA
Milbradt Manufacturing Company was a St. Louis, Missouri, company known for making "rolling step ladders" that were used in libraries, stores, and warehouses in the late 19th and ear...
Category
1890s American Industrial Antique Metal Ladders
Materials
Metal
Metal Ladder / Red
Located in Brescia, IT
Scandinavian metal ladder.
An original piece found in every home in Sweden.
Modern and industrial in flavor, it can be used for a variety of purposes, including for resting clothe...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Metal Ladders
Materials
Metal
1900s French Vintage Artists Painting Ladder / Library Steps / Shop Display
Located in Markington, GB
1900s French vintage fruit picking / painting ladder.
1900s French vintage artists painting ladder library steps / shop display
This ladder will be great as an vintage library steps...
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Metal Ladders
Materials
Metal
$240 Sale Price
36% Off
20th Century French Industrial Ladder
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
French industrial iron library ladder, originally used in a bank. Circa 1900.
This ladder has a practical design, with wheels for ease of movement, a hand rail and five steps.
The...
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Metal Ladders
Materials
Iron
c.1940s Rare Vintage English Mahogany
Leather Library Stairs / Step Ladder
Located in Skien, NO
Rare 20th century English Classic Mahogany & Leather Library Ladder
A piece of classic English elegance, this circa 1940s mahogany library ladder combines robust functionality with ...
Category
1940s English British Colonial Vintage Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Ballymore Warehouse Garage 4 Step Metal Rolling Safety Ladder w/ Rails
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Vintage Ballymore Warehouse Garage 4 Step Metal Rolling Safety Ladder w/ Rails. Age: ...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Metal Ladders
Materials
Metal
Drab Hanger in Gold Stainless Steel, Heat Collection, Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Geneve, CH
Drab Hanger in Flamed Gold stainless steel, Heat Collection, Zieta
Dimensions: D 5 cm x W 46 cm x H 188 cm
Material: Stainless steel.
About the heat collection:
The heat uses hig...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Metal Ladders
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique Georgian Style Library Steps
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive set of antique Georgian style library steps. They were made in England, and date from around the 1930’s.
The quality is fantastic, they are very useful for re...
Category
1930s British Georgian Vintage Metal Ladders
Materials
Brass
Vintage Regency Scroll Wrought Iron Decorative Ladder
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your interior with this enchanting vintage decorative ladder, a charming piece that captures the fanciful spirit of Hollywood Regency design. Crafted from elegantly scrolled ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Metal Ladders
Materials
Wrought Iron
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