Morelato Scala, Wooden Chair Convertible in Staircase

French Post-War Design (1966) polished aluminum helicoid form circular 13 step staircase with rubber step surface (designed by ROGER TALLON)

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...

19th Century, Italian Neoclassical Walnut Library Staircase The particular library staircase was built in the neoclassical era, around the beginning of the 19th century, in Piedmont...

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 ...

18th Century, Italian Walnut Four Steps Staircase Measurements H 84 x W 66 x D 64 (step depth 24) cm The staircase was built in the eighteenth century in carved solid walnut. The p...

Original Italian film poster for the 1946 mystery, horror film The Spiral Staircase. This film was directed by Robert Siodmak and stared Dorothy McGuire...

Made in the beginning of 20th century in France this antique ladder chair hand painted in beige is functional as seating or as a library and kitch...

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

With horizontal tablet crestrail with scrolled ends over down scrolled arms raised on saber legs, chair folds forward to form a ladder.

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...