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The modern umbrella stand decorated with 19th century folio leather bindings. With a label at the bottom showing the provenance as Kenneth Neame, Mayfair...

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...

With a printed Chinese ancestor portrait.

Depicting a continuous scene of figures at leisure within a riverscape with rocky hills beyond and with smaller panels of scholars' objects‚ flowering trees and mythological beasts a...

Of typical form‚ the giltwood body centered by a circular barometer dial flanked by pillars ending in flame‚ above a thermometer flanked by foliate branches‚ surmounted by swags.

Each tapestry upholstered panel incorporating Flemish vertical tapestry fragments woven with foliate blossoms and sprays set in a later surround wove...

The scrolled and rocaille carved case with a thermometer above a circular barometer dial painted with Adam and Eve, the dial inscribed "Baromètre Fait Par de Bianchy/Rue St. Martin No. 102/à Paris", the barometer dial surmounted by a carved Poseidon...

The patinated bronze bookends each modeled as a tiger stalking up a hillside. Each stamped JW.

The rectangular white marble top above three conforming drawers raised on cabriole legs.