Antique Metamorphic Mahogany Library Armchair Chair, English Regency, circa 1810

Elegant French bronze Louis XV style Bouillotte lamp with an adjustable painted metal shade and three electrified candle- arms. Measures: Height 25.6" in. (65 cm), diameter 13" in....

This iconic three-legged steel stool "Stahl Schemel Modell 1" is made by Rowac (Karl RObert WAgner in Chemnitz) and is known to enthusiasts and collectors as a industrial design classic. It was developed 1905 and exhibited for the first time 1909 at the Leipzig Fair. it was used at the Bauhaus and is considered the original type of workshop stool. Walter Gropius used the stool for his new Bauhaus building in Dessau. The Rowac Stool...

Elegant French bronze Louis XV style Bouillotte lamp from the 19th Century with an adjustable painted metal shade and three electrified candle- arms. Measures: height 22.4" in. (57 cm), diameter 13" in. (33 cm). Lighting: takes three small Edison bulbs. It originally used candles...

Elegant vintage French bronze and brass Empire style Bouillotte table lamp with a metal shade. Measures: Height 20.5" in. (52 cm), diameter 15" in. (38 cm). Lighting: takes one l...

19th Century English Regency rosewood armchair. The whole of the scroll top back and the seat join together in a sweeping curve to g...

Elegant early 19th century English mahogany armchair from the Regency period Very beautiful base decorated with fluting as well as beautiful carved armrests The backrest has a beaut...

We are delighted to offer for sale this large and collectable fully restored Regency circa 1810-1820 metamorphic armchair which converts into Library steps attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London This wonderful piece of English history has been on a journey of restoration, the frame has been washed back and French polished by a Victorian trained polisher, the leather upholstery is all new, it is Italian cattle hide, upholstered plain then hand dyed six times, antiqued and sealed, it has a lovely rich reddish brown colour to it. This chair is larger than any other of its type you would have seen, it 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...

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