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Antique Wooden Stairs

Antique English Hand-Crafted Wooden Four Step Library Stairs & Attached Banister
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of antique hand-crafted library stairs is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from
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Early 19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

French Industrial Wooden Stepladder, 1900s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
This beautiful vintage industrial wooden stepladder with a stick for support is a perfect addition
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Early 1900s French Industrial Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

Antique French Industrial Wooden Stepladder, 1900s
French Industrial Wooden Stepladder, 1900s
H 55.12 in W 13.78 in D 13 in
19th century wooden spiral staircase with hollow core
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Beautiful antique spiral oak staircase, with a hollow core made in the 19th century. The railing, also in wood, rests on wrought iron rods.
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19th Century French Adam Style Antique Wooden Stairs

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Iron

Antique Birdseye Maple English Library Steps
Located in Hopewell, NJ
19th century bird's-eye maple sturdy and handsome library steps having antique wooden nailheads and
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19th Century English Antique Wooden Stairs

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Birdseye Maple

E.R. - 1888 Watercolour, Descending the Stairs
Located in Corsham, GB
. Presented glazed in a washline mount and distressed gilt-effect wooden frame with an ornate outer edge
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19th Century Antique Wooden Stairs

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Watercolor

James Hayllar RBA, Sunday Go-To-Meeting Togs, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
leaded window with decorative stained glass brightly illuminates undulant wooden stairs. The light
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1880s English School Antique Wooden Stairs

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Oil on Canvas, Loading the Wagon at the Stables in Winter, Circa 1890
Located in Dallas, TX
the horses, next to a light brown door at the foot of some stairs. Two more individuals can be seen on
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1890s European Antique Wooden Stairs

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Extendable Table in Solid Tuscan Walnut, Original Farmhouse
Located in Buggiano, IT
size well if you want it to pass by the stairs. As shown in the photographs and videos, there are some
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Mid-19th Century Italian Rustic Antique Wooden Stairs

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Walnut

Antique Extendable Table in Solid Tuscan Walnut, Original Farmhouse
Extendable Table in Solid Tuscan Walnut, Original Farmhouse
No Reserve
H 30.71 in W 47.25 in D 43.31 in
Big size French Corner Unit in Solid Walnut, with 4-Door Drawer
Located in Buggiano, IT
will be delivered in a specific big and strong wooden case for export, packed in bubble wrap
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Early 1800s French Rustic Antique Wooden Stairs

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Walnut, Fir

Antique Big size French Corner Unit in Solid Walnut, with 4-Door Drawer
Big size French Corner Unit in Solid Walnut, with 4-Door Drawer
No Reserve
H 90.56 in W 41.34 in D 41.34 in
Iconic 'Farrow & Jackson' 49 Bottle Wine Rack in Metal and Wood
Located in Tilburg, NL
, single-bottle openings of metal secured by wooden corner pieces. They are strong and secure and can be
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Early 20th Century Antique Wooden Stairs

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Metal

Santa Maria Model Ship, Museum Quality
Located in Bafra, 55
inches in width, this magnificent sailboat stands out with its eye-catching details. The small stairs
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15th Century and Earlier Turkish Arts and Crafts Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

Antique Santa Maria Model Ship, Museum Quality
Santa Maria Model Ship, Museum Quality
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H 31.5 in W 6 in D 31.5 in
Small Black Painted Swedish Tray Table
Located in Round Top, TX
flat of the tray at each of the four Folk Art painted points. The wooden legs are gracefully tapered
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Wooden Stairs

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Metal

Antique Small Black Painted Swedish Tray Table
Small Black Painted Swedish Tray Table
H 23.25 in W 29.5 in D 22 in

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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...
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2010s English Antique Wooden Stairs

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Ash

Antique Ash Library Steps
Ash Library Steps
H 57.09 in W 11.82 in D 20.48 in
Spiral Library Steps
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
Two matching (one right hand, one left hand), fine Georgian design spiral design library steps with turned hand pole support, column decoration and inset leather treads. We are curr...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Antique Wooden Stairs

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Leather, Wood

Antique Spiral Library Steps
Spiral Library Steps
H 47.25 in Dm 22.5 in
Early 20th Century Folding Library Steps/Table
Located in Southampton, NY
Early 20th century folding library steps/table. Mahogany Library steps with inset tooled leather surfaces. Stains to leather, repaired splits to one leg, wear from use. Featuring fou...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood, Leather

In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Settee
By Valentino Panciera Besarel, Andrea Brustolon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and rare Italian 19th century Baroque style carved walnut figural settee (Sofa-Loveseat), attributed to Valentino Panciera Besarel (Venice, 1829-1902) in the manner of Andrea ...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wooden Stairs

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Fabric, Walnut

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 form a library step ladder on square...
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21st Century and Contemporary English George III Antique Wooden Stairs

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Brass

Metamorphic Library Steps
Metamorphic Library Steps
H 21.25 in W 35.25 in D 18 in
19th C Glass Dome on Ebonised Base with 25 Exotic Birds-Label W.J.Hole
Located in Leuven , BE
Large oval based glass dome/shade with 26 exotic, colourful birds in naturalistic setting comprising Hummingbirds with open wings and on their nests. This Victorian arrangement is in...
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20th Century British Antique Wooden Stairs

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Organic Material, Wood

Regency Style Walnut Library Steps
Located in Clermont, FL
Regency style solid wood library steps. Beautifully carved, three steps are supported by tapered legs and a reeded column back. Finish is a medium brown walnut stain, with patina sho...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

Regency Style Walnut Library Steps
Regency Style Walnut Library Steps
H 31 in W 21.5 in D 18.5 in
Superb Quality 19th Century Carved Gothic Style Armchair
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 19th century carved Gothic style armchair, recently upholstered in a grey fabric, the arched padded back with decorative carved frame with a figure head at the top, ...
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1840s British Gothic Antique Wooden Stairs

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Hardwood

19th Century Expandable English Mahogany Library Bed Step
Located in Forney, TX
A wonderful, rare, antique expandable English mahogany bed step from the 19th century. Features an extending lower step with an inset tooled leather panel that can slide in and out o...
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19th Century Antique Wooden Stairs

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Leather, Mahogany

Antique Skandia Furniture Co. Oak Side by Side Secretary Desk Bookcase Cabinet
By Skandia Furniture 1
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Late Victorian side by side secretary desk and curio bookcase by Skandia Furniture Company, circa 1900s. Made of oak featuring a serpentine backsplash over a glass front book...
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Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Brass

Pair of French Walnut Library Ladders
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French (19th Century) walnut library ladders with side railings and steps leading to a top platform (on casters) (attributed to Napoleon III's personal library) (Related item...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wooden Stairs

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Walnut

Hunting Dog Bronze Sculpture of a Dog in Jules Moigniez Style
By Jules Moigniez
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hunting Dog Bronze Sculpture.English Spaniel Pointer Hunting Dog.This beautifully executed cast bronze figure of the hunt canine sculpture depicts a hunting setter.Vintage cast bronz...
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Mid-20th Century French Victorian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Bronze

19th Century English Mahogany Library Steps
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century English library steps.
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19th Century British Georgian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Mahogany, Leather

Midcentury Italian Walnut Burl Wood Three Shelves Open Bookcase Library
Located in Carimate, Como
A beautiful Italian walnut, carved, three shelves, open bookcase, with great details and frames shaped in Victorian, Napoleon III, Louis XV style with beautiful burl wood pattern dec...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

19th Century Mahogany Library Steps
Located in Cheshire, GB
Set of substantial 19th-century mahogany bedside steps, the three treads inset with a replaced burgundy tooled hide. Raised up on four mahogany-turned legs. Dimensions Height 30 in...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

19th Century Mahogany Library Steps
19th Century Mahogany Library Steps
H 30 in W 20.5 in D 34 in
English Grand Library Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Large and luxurious 19th century English cabinet, wall unit crafted in mahogany with an architecturally significant design, featuring cornices, paneled doors, campaign brass hardware...
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Wooden Stairs

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Mahogany

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Antique Victorian Spiral Staircase Clockwise
Located in Brest, FR
teak wooden handrail is original and in medium condition, made with 7/8 parts (as it is not possible to
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1890s British Victorian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Iron

Alor Staircase
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Wooden staircase from Alor, with fine patina. This staircase is a fine example of how primitivism
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19th Century Indonesian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

Antique Alor Staircase
Alor Staircase
H 106 in W 13.5 in D 6 in
19th Century Wooden Stairs
Located in Udenhout, NL
Beautiful wooden stairs made from oak. Recuperated from a mansion near Paris, France. Ideal to
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19th Century French Antique Wooden Stairs

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Oak

19th Century Wooden Stairs
19th Century Wooden Stairs
H 93.31 in W 26.78 in D 96.86 in
Elegant Pair of Carved Stone Stairs or Stair Ends from a French Property, 1850
Located in Dallas, TX
stone stairs can be used as steps in a multitude of areas, both indoor and out. They can also be used a
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Wooden Stairs

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Limestone

Antique Wooden Staircase, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
Very nice and large antique wooden staircase from the 19th century. The first step is made out of
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1830s French Antique Wooden Stairs

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Oak

Wooden Spiral Staircase, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
A beautiful wooden spiral staircase from the 19th century, but without handrail.
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1820s Belgian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Oak

Antique Wooden Staircase, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
Very beautiful staircase.
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1840s Belgian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Oak

Antique Wooden Spiral Staircase, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
Very beautiful antique spiral staircase from the 19th Century. Recuperated out of a mansion near Brussels in Belgium.
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1830s Belgian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Oak

English 19th Century Wooden Foldable Step Ladder
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful and solid wooden step ladder. In perfect state. Beechwood. Brass strips are newly applied
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Early 20th Century British Antique Wooden Stairs

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Beech

Wooden Spiral Staircase with Wrought Iron Balusters, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
A beautiful wooden spiral staircase with wrought iron balusters from the 19th century. Recuperated
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1830s French Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wrought Iron

Set of French Late Neoclassical Period Walnut and Pinewood Libra
Located in Atlanta, GA
, with a vertical x-form stretcher at the rear, resting on original wooden wheels
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19th Century French Antique Wooden Stairs

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Pine

Original Antique English Pine Library Steps
Located in Chicago, IL
Original antique English pine library steps with double handrails and wooden-peg construction.A
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19th Century English Antique Wooden Stairs

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Pine

Original Antique English Pine Library Steps
Original Antique English Pine Library Steps
H 64.5 in W 27.25 in D 36.75 in
Dutch Miniature Staircase Model, Holland, 1920
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
from circa 1920, made in Holland. Very nice teak wooden stairs with black details. Fully glued and
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1920s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Antique Wooden Stairs

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Teak

Dutch Miniature Staircase Model, Holland, 1920
Dutch Miniature Staircase Model, Holland, 1920
H 23.63 in W 12.6 in D 22.05 in
Vintage Wooden Dumbell Set
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a set of vintage wooden dumbbells. The dumbbells are fixed-weight and constructed of
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1890s American Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

Vintage Wooden Dumbell Set
Vintage Wooden Dumbell Set
H 3 in W 10.63 in D 3 in
Vintage Wooden Dumbbell Set, 1890s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a set of vintage wooden dumbbells. The dumbbells are fixed-weight and constructed of
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1890s American Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

Vintage Wooden Dumbbell Set, 1890s
Vintage Wooden Dumbbell Set, 1890s
H 3 in W 10.5 in D 3 in
Large Antique Scratch-Built Model English Tudor Mansion Wooden Doll’s House
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
stairs (or by lifting the roof off!!!) Complete with glass leaded-light windows, chimneys, fireplaces
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Early 20th Century British Tudor Antique Wooden Stairs

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Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Shabby White One-Door Wardrobe with Drawer, Rod and Internal Shelves
Located in Buggiano, IT
buying it, carefully evaluate the size of the structure if you have to pass it by stairs. Comes from an
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Wooden Stairs

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Chestnut, Fir

19th Century French Napoleon III Carved Walnut Folding Library Four-Step Ladder
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Lyon, France circa 1880 and made of walnut, the stairs features four graduated steps to
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wooden Stairs

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Iron

19th Century French Napoleon III Carved Walnut Folding Library Five-Step Ladder
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Lyon, France circa 1880 and made of walnut, the stairs features five graduated steps to
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wooden Stairs

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Iron

Vintage Small Round Coffee Table or Side Table with Rustic Iron Base
Located in Round Top, TX
The round wooden top is a great contrast to the wrought-iron base of this vintage small coffee or
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Iron

Royal Vienna Porcelain Plate Pustinio, circa 1880
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
architectural elements (= columns / stairs / balustrade) are depicted - it is a stone building with mountains
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Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Porcelain, Wood

Early 20th Century Original Red Painted Tea Tray Side Table with Goats on Mounta
Located in Round Top, TX
strong/stable, the wooden legs are gracefully tapered and the metal tray rests easily in the frame. There
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Late 19th Century Danish Antique Wooden Stairs

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Metal

A Massive Theodore Levigne (1848-1912) Antique French Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
This stunning antique French panel painting was commissioned for a boiserie (wooden paneled room
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19th Century French Antique Wooden Stairs

Victorian Ebonised & Gilt Bronze Mounted Velvet Button Backed Sofa Circa 1860
Located in Norwich, GB
. Condition report: The sofa's wooden frame has cream coloured incised decoration detail, and some of this is
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Bronze

Late 19th Century Oil Painted Leather Folding Screen Room Divider Country Scene
Located in Norwich, GB
wooden arch (please see photograph number 16). This is not loose. Structurally, the screen is very
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Leather, Pine, Paint

Scratch Built Folk Art Amazing French Distressed Ship Stamped, circa 1907
Located in London, GB
boats support hinges move inwards and are made from brass. 6. The stairs of the ship main deck are
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Early 1900s French Folk Art Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

Italian Realist Style Oil on Wood Panel Painting Landscape View of Florence
Located in Firenze, IT
This antique (probably turn of the century late 19th-early 20th) oil on wooden panel painting
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Wooden Stairs

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Oil, Wood Panel, Board

Wooden Stairs with Storage
Located in Houston, TX
stairs or for displaying decorative objects or plants. A pair of doors with an iron closure conceals a
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Early 20th Century French Antique Wooden Stairs

Wooden Stairs with Storage
Wooden Stairs with Storage
H 45 in W 99 in D 21.5 in
Wooden Ladder Stairs Four Step Library Book Shelf Kitchen Primitive Rustic
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique four step a-frame wooden ladder with shelf. Item features solid wood construction
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Early 20th Century Primitive Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

19th c. Italian Church Step Stool- Florence
Located in Houston, TX
Wooden step stool used in a church in Florence, Italy. Simple, modern design with clean straight
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19th Century Italian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

Spectacular Set of French Directoire Style Fruitwood Library Stairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
rising to a platform surrounded by rails, the steps mortised through the sides, with wooden ball finials
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Late 19th Century French Directoire Antique Wooden Stairs

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Fruitwood

Wooden throne for Eucharistic exposition, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
-shaped and shows three flights of stairs leading to the rise. Three groups of flower-topped pillars
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1870s Italian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Fruitwood

19th Century French Carved Walnut and Iron Folding Library Step Ladder
Located in Dallas, TX
1880 and made of walnut, the scalloped stairs features six graduated steps to one side and connected to
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Wooden Stairs

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Iron

19th Century French Napoleon III Carved Walnut Folding Library Six-Step Ladder
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Lyon, France circa 1880 and made of walnut, the stairs features six graduated steps to
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wooden Stairs

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Iron

19th Century French Napoleon III Carved Walnut Folding Library Seven-Step Ladder
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Lyon, France circa 1880 and made of walnut, the stairs feature seven graduated steps to
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wooden Stairs

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Iron

19th Century French Napoleon III Carved Walnut Folding Library Six-Step Ladder
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France circa 1880 and made of walnut, the stairs features six graduated steps to one
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wooden Stairs

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Walnut

19th Century French Napoleon III Carved Walnut Folding Library Six-Step Ladder
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Lyon, France circa 1880 and made of walnut, the stairs features six graduated steps to
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wooden Stairs

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Iron

Italian Art Nouveau Sideboard Solid Oak from 1910, Original Brass Marble Drawers
Located in Buggiano, IT
that if you have to carry it through the stairs you must have enough space. Given the weight and size
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1910s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Wooden Stairs

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Marble

Japanese Antique Traditional Design Wood Carving / Wabi-Sabi Art / Edo Period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
architectural decoration that is placed on bridges, shrines, temple stairs, and pillars on the rim. Some are
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wooden Stairs

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Cypress

Large Scale Antique Model Ship Uss Constitution
Located in Round Top, TX
This exceptionally large-scale wooden model ship represents the USS Constitution or "Old Ironside
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Early 20th Century American Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

A patinated pine spiral staircase
Located in Banbury, GB
A rare wooden spiral staircase in well patinated pitch pine.
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19th Century Spanish Antique Wooden Stairs

Antique 19th Century French Spiral Staircase
Located in Hudson, NY
a charming small french wooden spiral staircase, french late 19th century, could be built in
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19th Century French Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

Antique Victorian Spiral Staircase Clockwise
Located in BREST, FR
teak wooden handrail is original and in medium condition, made with 7/8 parts (as it is not possible to
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1890s British Victorian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Iron

19th Century Oil on canvas of the Romantic Era
Located in Hudson, NY
Victorian dress moving under a falls, and wooden stairs and rails winding through nature. Falling water is
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19th Century American Antique Wooden Stairs

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Canvas

19th Century French Oak Metamorphic Stool and Stairs
Located in Raalte, NL
Antique French oak wooden metamorphic stool and kitchen stairs, the staircase can turned outside
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19th Century French Antique Wooden Stairs

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Oak

Limewood Sculpture of an Eagle by Jan Altorf, 1915
By Johan Coenraad Altorf
Located in Amstelveen, NL
Beautiful carved wooden sculpture, designed and executed by Johan Coenraad (Jan) Altorf (1876-1955
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1910s Dutch Art Deco Antique Wooden Stairs

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Wood

Limewood Sculpture of an Eagle by Jan Altorf, 1915
Limewood Sculpture of an Eagle by Jan Altorf, 1915
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H 11.82 in W 11.03 in D 9.45 in
Attributed to Ammi Phillips, Folk Art Portrait of a Gentleman, 19th Century
By Ammi Phillips
Located in Gallatin, TN
: “At the landing of the first flight of stairs, I saw an oil portrait of a young girl in a starchy red
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19th Century Folk Art Antique Wooden Stairs

Queen Anne’s Leather Studded Linen Chest
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
floors or up the stairs. The drawers are lined with marbled paper which, during the 17th-18th centuries
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Early 18th Century English Antique Wooden Stairs

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Brass

Queen Anne’s Leather Studded Linen Chest
Queen Anne’s Leather Studded Linen Chest
H 30.25 in W 39.75 in D 23 in
Antique Victorian Spiral Staircase Counterclockwise
Located in BREST, FR
wooden handrail is original and in medium condition, made with 7/8 parts (as it is not possible to make a
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1890s British Victorian Antique Wooden Stairs

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Iron

Miniature of Stairs
Located in Antwerp, BE
A late 19th French wooden model of a stair. Very nice condition, in Mahogany. All originals
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19th Century French Antique Wooden Stairs

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Mahogany

Miniature of Stairs
Miniature of Stairs
H 11.42 in Dm 9.06 in
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Antique Wooden Stairs For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique wooden stairs for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and metal, all antique wooden stairs available were constructed with great care. Antique wooden stairs have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique wooden stairs to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Victorian antique wooden stairs are of considerable interest.

How Much are Antique Wooden Stairs?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,650, while they’re typically $275 on the low end and $9,229 highest priced.
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