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Ladders For Sale
Petite Antique French Gothic Revival Wood Hall Bench Child Settle Library Steps
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Rare antique wood hand carved gothic revival child settle / small hall bench / foldable Library Ladder, Metamorphic Library steps, 1880s
This uniqu...
Category
1880s French Gothic Revival Antique Ladders
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Midcentury Italian Carved Walnut Wood and Leather 4-Step Library Ladder
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful Italian carved walnut wood step ladder with four stairs and nicely carved details and decorated structure. Each step is upholstered with da...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ladders
Materials
Leather, Wood
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 English Ladders
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Old Pine Steps
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Old pine steps in perfect condition. Very stable and usable for several purposes.
Origin: England
Period: Approx. 1920
Size W. 74cm. D.43cm, H. 168cm.
Category
1920s Edwardian Vintage Ladders
Materials
Pine
$930
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 Ladders
Materials
Bronze
Large Pitch Pine Art Deco Library Steps or Ladder, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Deco library nine steps ladder.
Striking Dutch design from the 1920s.
Solid pitch pine with black lacquered metal supports and brass screws.
This wonderful A...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Ladders
Materials
Metal, Brass
$1,374 Sale Price
20% Off
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 English Chinoiserie Ladders
Materials
Bamboo
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
1900s French Vintage Fruit Picking Painting Ladder Library Ladder /Shop Display
Located in Markington, GB
1900s French vintage fruit picking / painting ladder.
This ladder will be great as an vintage library ladder
It is sturdy and usable.
We c...
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Ladders
Materials
Metal
$239 Sale Price
40% Off
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 Ladders
Materials
Metal
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 English George III Antique Ladders
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Pine
Antique American Pine Two Step Bedstep Library Foot Stool w Handle 41"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique early American style pine two step bedstep / stool / library steps featuring hand cut nails and upright handle / hand rail.
Dimensions:
13" x 12.5" x 41" (Width x Depth x He...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Ladders
Materials
Pine
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Metamorphic Library Bench / Steps
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 English Ladders
Materials
Leather, Wood
Early 19th Century English Oak Carved Easel
Located in Malibu, CA
English oak easel with hand carved lion head & scroll work.
Original adjustable hardware.
Category
Early 19th Century English Renaissance Revival Antique Ladders
Materials
Oak
$906 Sale Price
30% Off
Spanish Library Ladder
Located in Houston, TX
Industrial stairs made of wood with great painted patina. Can be used as a library stair or would be a great display piece for a succulent collection or in a. bathroom with towels an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Ladders
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,700
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 Ladders
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian Carved Walnut Wood Large Wood 3-Step Library Ladder
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful antique Italian carved walnut wood large ladder with three stairs. In typical tuscan style, with great design and amazing detail in the carved frame decors all-around the side shape and each step. Versatile and practical, the elegant library essential is in excellent condition with a rich walnut patina. Use this vintage staircase...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Ladders
Materials
Wood
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 British Mid-Century Modern Antique Ladders
Materials
Wood
$868 Sale Price
20% Off
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 English George I Ladders
Materials
Leather, Wood
$10,873 / set
Antique Original Painted and Patina Ladder
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We are delighted to offer this lovely painted original pine ladder
A good looking and decorative piece.
Category
1960s Mexican Industrial Vintage Ladders
Materials
Pine
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 English Regency Vintage Ladders
Materials
Mahogany
'Dogon' African Ladder, Mali
Located in Washington, DC
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 Ladders
Materials
Steel
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
Spiral Library Steps with Turned Supports
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Spiral Library Steps with Turned Supports
A Great set of beech Library Steps, the 3 steps are in a spiral formation, they are in good condition, very sturdy and useful
An attractiv...
Category
1960s Adam Style Vintage Ladders
Materials
Beech
French Country Metamorphic Chair and Sturdy Ladder Steps a Very Useful Piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Country Metamorphic Chair and Sturdy Ladder Steps
A very useful piece, this handy little chair can be flipped over and turned into a small 4 step ladder...
Category
Mid-19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Ladders
Materials
Oak
Antique Pine Steps
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful antique decorative pine ladder that can also be used daily if necessary. Entirely in good condition and with a beautiful aged patina.
Origin: England
Period: Approx. 1920...
Category
1910s British Vintage Ladders
Materials
Pine
Antique French Manual Hole-Making Machine
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Manual hole-making machine. Probably used for precision work on leather, paper or small metals. The structure is composed of a solid wood base, with a stepped design, giving stabilit...
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Ladders
Materials
Iron
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 English Georgian Antique Ladders
Materials
Mahogany
Spiral Library Steps with Turned Supports A Great set of Library Steps
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Spiral Library Steps with Turned Supports
A Great set of Library Steps, the 4 steps are in a spiral formation, they have tooled leather treads and are in good condition, very sturdy...
Category
1920s Regency Vintage Ladders
Materials
Beech
20th Century French Hand Carved Oak Folding Chair Convertible to a Ladder
Located in Sofia, BG
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Ladders
Materials
Oak
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 English George III Antique Ladders
Materials
Leather, Elm
$6,915 Sale Price
25% Off
Industrial small stepladder in wood with old layers of paint, Belgium ca. 1920
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1920 / small stepladder / wood / industrial / mid-century / rustic
A small wooden stepladder made in Belgium around 1920. This sturdy industrial piece has 2 steps and nic...
Category
1920s Belgian Industrial Vintage Ladders
Materials
Wood
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 English Victorian Antique Ladders
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
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 Ladders
Materials
Brass, Tin
$2,520 Sale Price
11% Off
Big Library Stairs Mid-20th Century Library Steps Ladder Carved Wood Leather
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Impressive & luxurious 1960s old classic Library steps,
the circular step ladder features four stairs rolled around a central post embellished with a decorative brass finial at the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Ladders
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique English Victorian Library Stairs / Steps Carved Wood Foldable 1920s
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Lovely Antique English Victorian Library stairs made from carved walnut with dark finish during the 1920s in England.
This library step has ...
Category
1920s French Victorian Vintage Ladders
Materials
Wood
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 English Ladders
Materials
Ash
$1,025 / item
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 English Antique Ladders
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
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 English Antique Ladders
Materials
Mahogany
$1,200
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 Ladders
Materials
Iron
Sicilian Painted Pinewood Tall Ladder with Tray Shelf
Located in Atlanta, GA
Folding ladder having seven steps and a slatted tray, retaining antique iron hinges and hook for storage, for decorative use only
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique 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 English Arts and Crafts Antique Ladders
Materials
Oak
Wood Architectural English Ladder Circa 1910s - 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Wood architecturable foldable step ladder. Made in England. Circa Circa 1910s - 1930s Beautiful piece in great condition. Perfect addition to a home library.
Dimensions Closed: W 2...
Category
Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Ladders
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Italian Baroque Walnut Four Steps Staircase
Located in IT
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...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ladders
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th Century Pine Primative Gypsy Steps Fairground Carnival Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A primitive set of painted pine steps, with decorative scallop edging.
Believed to of been the entrance steps to a gypsy caravan or the like, possibly fairground related.
Beau...
Category
Early 20th Century Ladders
Materials
Pine
19th Century, Italian Neoclassical Walnut Library Staircase
Located in IT
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...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Ladders
Materials
Walnut
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 Ladders
Materials
Brass
Antique Original Patina Painted Finish Red Tall Library Bookcase Steps Ladder
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original pine library steps or ladder
A good looking and decorative piece, I have seen these with glass shelves fitted and upcycled ...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Ladders
Materials
Pine
$768 Sale Price
25% Off
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 British Anglo-Indian Ladders
Materials
Bamboo
Early Victorian Library Steps on Turned Legs
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Early Victorian Library Steps on Turned Legs
A great set of Early Victorian Library steps
This set of steps is in good condition, the top ste...
Category
Early 19th Century High Victorian Antique Ladders
Materials
Mahogany
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 Ladders
Materials
Other
6ft Very Tall 19th Century Decorators Ladder This is a pretty big piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
6ft Very Tall 19th Century Decorators Ladder
This is a pretty big piece, it would make a superb decorative piece and has the original manufacturer’s label on the back
The Ladder...
Category
1880s Industrial Antique Ladders
Materials
Pine
Step stool from black walnut
Located in Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia
Handcrafted Black Walnut Step Stool with Oil Finish
This beautifully designed step stool is crafted from rich black walnut and finished with a warm ...
Category
2010s Spanish Shaker Ladders
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Style Ladder
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Nice decorative antique looking ladder. Washed green paint, worn look.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Adirondack Ladders
Materials
Wood
$1,500
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 Ladders
Materials
Metal
$239 Sale Price
36% Off
Beautiful Wallbar by kenko in walnut & in maple
By Kenko Studio
Located in Berlin, DE
The Kenko Wall Bar – Where Function Meets Aesthetic Elegance
The Kenko Wall Bar is a thoughtfully designed fitness solution that offers a wide range of exercise possibilities while ...
Category
2010s German Ladders
Materials
Maple, Walnut
$3,436 / item
Step Ladders
Located in London, England
Folding wooden step ladders with aged paint finish
Category
Early 1900s Antique Ladders
Materials
Oak
$435
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 English Victorian Antique Ladders
Materials
Pine
American Studio Craft Artist David N. Ebner Library Steps in Walnut Wood
Located in Bellport, NY
An extraordinary and masterfully executed piece by American Studio Craft Artist, David N. Ebner. Library steps, shown in walnut wood, also available in other woods on request.
Not...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American American Craftsman Ladders
Materials
Walnut
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 Ladders
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century English Leather-Clad Pole Ladder With Brass Mounts
Located in Charlottesville, VA
An exceptional early 20th century English pole ladder clad in rich brown leather and detailed with brass mounts and rows of nailhead trim. The combination of patinated metal, aged le...
Category
Early 20th Century British Ladders
Materials
Brass
Vintage, New and Antique Ladders
Vintage, new and antique ladders are not only a must-have structure designed to safely reach higher places in your kitchen and the rest of your space. A ladder can also be repurposed as a decorative home accent for use in nearly any room in your home.
While the exact date that ladders were invented is unclear, a painting of a crude ladder that is believed to be more than 10,000 years old was uncovered in a cave in Spain.
Ladders have taken on all forms over the years to meet certain needs. Rope ladders have come into use for emergency rescues by air and sea, extendable ladders are still pivotal to the dangerous work that firefighters do daily, and stepladders are a big part of getting you where you need to go at home.
Antique ladders can be found in a variety of styles and materials. You can occasionally find a modest-sized antique stepladder, perhaps designed in the neoclassical style, that may have been for library use and resembles a short staircase with small drawers built into the front and the sides of the steps. On 1stDibs, browse a collection of wood ladders and metal ladders that were crafted in the modern, Georgian, Victorian and other styles.
Decorating with an old farmhouse ladder can give it a new purpose and also breathe a bit of life into a dining room, living room or mudroom. For those drawn to the warmth and coziness that farmhouse-style furniture and decor can bring into a space — which usually refers to an amalgam of other rustically rooted styles, such as cottage, French country and industrial — an antique farmhouse ladder can serve a functional purpose as well as meet your needs to dress up a space with creative flourishes.
Lean your wood ladder up against a wall and use its rungs to display your treasured mid-century modern textiles, rare books or potted plants. Drape your patterned dish towels over the ladder steps for easy access as well as to make sure your towels are clean and dry for the next round of dishes. Get some help to properly suspend your farmhouse ladder from the ceiling above your rustic farm dining table and hang your antique lanterns from its rungs and sides for a welcome experience at mealtime.
On 1stDibs, find an extensive collection of antique, new and vintage ladders today.
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