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Place of Origin: British
Victorian Oak Library Ladder in the Shape of a Lion
Located in Hannover, DE
This Biboltheks-Leiter is a remarkable piece of equipment. The Eichenholz was meticulously hand-crafted by our skilled artisans. The processing and selection of the Oakwood were carr...
Category
1850s Victorian Antique British Ladders
Materials
Oak
Antique Walnut Metamorphic Library Chair
Located in Cheshire, GB
This beautifully crafted metamorphic library chair is made from solid walnut, prized for its rich color and fine grain. Designed to combine elegance with utility, the piece transform...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Ladders
Materials
Walnut
A Regency style Mahogany library chair /steps. England
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Den Haag, NL
A beautiful Regency style solid Mahogany Library chair/steps . Just folding the Chair open and there are the steps .
Green Leather on the steps .The seat is made of Wicker . Good stu...
Category
1970s Regency Vintage British Ladders
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Metamorphic Library Steps/Stool
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare George III mahogany metamorphic library steps/stool having nicely patinated olive leather seat, the mahogany frame of well constructed form, the leather seat lifting to reveal a...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
A Rustic Ebonised 8 rung Bamboo Style Ladder, Towel Rale or Display Rack
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, GB
A Rustic Ebonised 8 rung Bamboo Style Ladder, Towel Rale or Display Rack. Organize your bathroom towels or bedroom blankets with this leaning ladder rack that would complement your m...
Category
Late 20th Century Bohemian British Ladders
Materials
Bamboo
Library Stepladder Transformable Into Chair - 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
"Library Stepladder Transformable Into Chair - 19th Century"
library stepladder convertible into a chair in mahogany from the 19th century
lovely li...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Ladders
Materials
Mahogany
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 Belle Époque Antique British Ladders
Materials
Brass
Ash Library Steps
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful ash library staircase, with many details. The steps are very stable in use due to the construction and the long handle. Perfectly suited for everyday use and multiple purpo...
Category
2010s British Ladders
Materials
Ash
$1,024 / item
20th Century Antique Round Library Step Ladder in Mahogany made in England
Located in Sofia, BG
20th Century antique round library ladder hand made in mahogany wood.
Solid wood covered with beige leather at the four-stage with a long turned handle. Very stable and robust. Rare ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Ladders
Materials
Mahogany
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 Regency Antique British Ladders
Materials
Bronze
20th Century English Leather Library Step or Stairs / Stepladder, Victorian
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century English leather library step or stairs / stepladder, Victorian.
Solid wood mahogany stained. English library manager / stepladder 2...
Category
20th Century British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English Mahogany Three-Tiered Fitted Interior Leather Bed Steps, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany three-tiered bed steps with tooled green leather, hinged fitted interior compartments, and terminating on turned bulbous ringed legs, Early 19th century.
Category
1820s George III Antique British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Pine
19th Century English Oak Library Steps
Located in Houston, TX
Add vintage charm to your home library with these 19th Century English Oak Library Steps. Featuring elegant spherule finials and a rich patina, these st...
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique British Ladders
Materials
Oak
$4,640 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Regency Antique British Ladders
Materials
Brass
$2,920 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Superb pair Mahogany and Leather library steps England
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful pair of Library steps .solid Mahogany .comes with
leather steps with embossed gold lining . on the top step some
storage . Comes with just the right amount of patine .
Go...
Category
1930s Regency Vintage British Ladders
Materials
Mahogany
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 Ladders
Materials
Metal
English 19th Century Painted Folding Ladder
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A 19th century English folding ladder–perfect for displaying textiles or draping blankets & throws. Painted a soothing shade of turquoise, this ladder is fitted with nine rungs, tape...
Category
19th Century Other Antique British Ladders
Materials
Pine, Paint
Tall Antique 19th Century Country House Library Ladders of Welsh Heritage - Pair
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
An exceptional pair of Antique Library Ladders, handcrafted from pitch pine and featuring a beautiful rich oak colour palette. These late 19th-century pieces were crafted by skilled ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Ladders
Materials
Wood
English Regency Leather Covered Steps with Storage, c. 1810
Located in Ross, CA
English Regency library / bed steps, made in England around 1810. The three steps have gilt banded leather upholstery, the top steps opens to shallow storage, the middle includes de...
Category
1810s Regency Antique British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$920 Sale Price
42% Off
Fine Georgian Library Steps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine set of Georgian library or bedside steps of very dense Cuban mahogany with stunning graining, original gilt lacquer brass carrying handles, and three steps, standing on shaped a...
Category
1780s Georgian Antique British Ladders
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Hardwood
Leather Library Steps, United Kingdom, Early 19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Fine Georgian (Regency Era) hardwood and leather library steps (doubles as an end table) - exceptional bench made quality with warm aged patina - featuring a solid wood frame with on...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Metamorphic Library Bench Steps, Leather
Wood, 20th Century Design
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Very unique and unusual metamorphic bench / library steps with cabriole legs.. It appears to be a bench covered in tobacco brown leather with nail he...
Category
20th Century British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Wood
Metamorphic Chairs
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A pair of George II design metamorphic library steps armchairs with shaped solid backs centered with painted scallop shell crests above hinged seats r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary George I British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Wood
$10,865 / set
Bamboo vintage British Colonial Artisan decorative display stand or ladder.
Located in Bellport, NY
British Colonial artisan made free standing display stand or ladder, great bathroom piece or plant stand, not to be used as a climbing ladder.
Wonderful condition.
Natural organic bamboo furniture...
Category
20th Century Anglo-Indian British Ladders
Materials
Bamboo
English William IV Period Satinwood
Leather Library Steps, 3rdq 19th cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
in the form of a rectangular box raised on turned legs, the top and pull-out step with stenciled leather insets, the interior lined in green velvet, depth with step extended 23.5 inches
Category
1830s William IV Antique British Ladders
Materials
Satinwood
Early 20th C. English Mahogany Library Steps with Tooled Leather and Storage
Located in Dallas, TX
Add sophistication and functional charm to your interior with this elegant set of Edwardian library steps. Crafted in England circa 1920, the three-step ladder is constructed from ri...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Brown Standing English Bamboo Magazine Rack Sheet Music Stand or Canterbury
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful chinoiserie standing magazine rack or sheet music stand. Lacquered pieces of bamboo are affixed together in an angled geometric desi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie British Ladders
Materials
Bamboo
19th Century Mahogany Bedsteps with Chamber Drawer
Located in Richmond, VA
Great set of 19th century English mahogany and leather bedsteps with sliding chamber drawer.
Category
19th Century Antique British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Stunning Antique circa 1810 George III Elm
Leather Library Steps Georgian Home
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite circa 1810 George III elm & green leather library steps
What a thing of beauty, nothing screams Georgian decadence li...
Category
1810s George III Antique British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Elm
HUGE 3+ METER TALL DOE TS73 STAMPED FRUIT PICKERS PAINTERS ANTiQUE 1880 LADDER
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely original antique Victorian extra large Fruit Pickers ladder stamped DOE TS73
Please note the de...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Ladders
Materials
Pine
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 George III Antique British Ladders
Materials
Brass
Painted Library Ladder
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 20th C painted library ladders. 1920.
Dimensions when closed.
22 inches (56 cms) Wide
6 inches (15 cms) Deep
103 inches (262 cms) High.
Category
Early 20th Century British Ladders
Materials
Pine
Large Library Step Ladder Attributed to London Film School by Stephens
Carter
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
An imposing 1970 film prop ladder by maker Stephens & Carter, stamped L.F.S (London Film School). In good solid condition with nice wear and paint.
Original...
Category
Mid-19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique British Ladders
Materials
Wood
Antique 1880 Arts
Crafts Metamorphic Library Steps Original Carpet Upholstery
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Arts & Crafts Victorian metamorphic library steps chair in oak with period upho...
Category
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique British Ladders
Materials
Oak
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 Victorian British Ladders
Materials
Iron
FULLY RESTORED ANTIQUE FLAMED HARDWOOD GREEN LEATHER CHESTERFIELD LIBRARY STEPs
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, fully restored, hand made in England Flamed Mahogany & Green Leather, Chesterfield...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
English Library Steps
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully crafted English library steps in mahogany with inlaid leather accents. Features two compartments for convenient storage. A timeless piece o...
Category
19th Century Antique British Ladders
Materials
Mahogany
$1,400
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 Regency Antique British 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 Regency Antique British Ladders
Materials
Other
Beckford Bed Steps
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A finely craved and decorated pair of bed steps in mahogany with leather inset treads and column supports.
We are currently working to a 30-36 week lead time.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Regency British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Wood
$6,278 / set
Burr Walnut Brown Leather Regency Metamorphic Reading Armchair to Library Steps
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of large and collectable Regency style metamorphic armchair which converts into Library steps after the original 18th century design by Gillows of Lancaster with Burr Walnut panels
A very good looking and well made pair, I have never seen a Regency style piece with Burr Walnut panels before, the leather seat pads have been restored by my leather polishers, they have been hand dyed six times, antiqued and sealed
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...
Category
18th Century Regency Antique British Ladders
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique Original Painted "the Patient Safety Ladder Company" Decorators Ladder
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely original antique "The Patient Safety Ladder Company" decorators ladder
A good looking and decorative piece, I ha...
Category
1910s Edwardian Vintage British Ladders
Materials
Pine
HUGE 3+ METER TALL ER STAMPED FOR THE CROWN ESTATE FRUIT PiCKERS PAINTERS LADDER
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely original antique Victorian extra large Fruit Pickers ladder stamped ER with the Crown for the Cr...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Ladders
Materials
Pine
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 British Colonial Vintage British Ladders
Materials
Brass
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
VINTAGE ART NOUVEAU STYLE 166 CM TALL BRASS TOPPED HARDWOOD LIBRARY STEPs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely Art Nouveau style vintage Mahogany with brass handle top library steps
Please note the deliver...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau British Ladders
Materials
Hardwood
Grdc Stamped Pitch Pine circa 1920
s Original Aqua Green Paint Decorators Ladder
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely original circa 1910-1920 pine painted library steps or ladder which is stamped G.R.D.C
A good looking and decorative piece, originally made f...
Category
1920s Edwardian Vintage British Ladders
Materials
Pine
Antique 1830 William IV Flamed Hardwood Metamorphic Library Armchair Steps
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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...
Category
1830s William IV Antique British Ladders
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Pitch Pine circa 1920
s Original Aqua Blue Paint Decorators Ladder
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1910-1920 pine painted library steps or ladder which is stamped G.R.D.C
A good looking and decorative piece, original...
Category
1920s Edwardian Vintage British Ladders
Materials
Pine
English Country Oak Library Ladder
Located in Queens, NY
English Country style (20th Cent) oak 2 step library ladder.
Category
20th Century British Colonial British Ladders
Materials
Oak
Country House Library Steps
By Jonathan Sainsbury
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A splendid set of Georgian design five-step library steps with leather treads, a tall handrail and feet fitted with finely cast brass castors.
Please note that we are currently work...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Georgian British Ladders
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
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 Georgian Antique British Ladders
Materials
Brass, Iron
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