Theodore Alexander Regency Mahogany Arm Chair Metamorphic Library Steps Ladder

Aesthetically pleasing set of library steps / staircase by Theodore Alexander, Circa late 20th century. Designed from mahogany with a shoe or boot form and brown tooled leather steps...

An Exquisite Theodore Alexander Throne Chair, circa late 20th Century. Inspired by 17th Century Italian Tuscan and Spanish designs. Features a mahogany frame with high back and conto...

Theodore Alexander Louis XIII style Arm Chair, circa late 20th century. Features a walnut finish with a high leather upholstered back over padded scrolled arms and barley twist suppo...

An exquisite Demilune / Crescent / Halfmoon hall table by Theodore Alexander, circa 2000s. Features a mahogany burl frame with four drawers and foliate and foliate inlaid stiles over...

French Empire style arm chair by Marge Carson. Features a mahogany finished and distressed frame with an intriguing brown / gold foliate upholstered seat and back. Crest rail is cont...

An exquisite late 20th century side chair by Theodore Alexander. Designed in the manner of Sheraton / Federal styling with a sculptural back and large seat over square tapered legs ...

Theodore Alexander Neoclassical Regency Style Carved Open Back Arm Chair. Item features tooled leather seat, solid wood frame, beautiful wood grain...

A set of Regency mahogany metamorphic library steps, this sturdy armchair unfolds to reveal four leather-inset steps which rest on the cresti...

For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of An Exceptional English St...

Antique metamorphic mahogany library chair, English Regency circa 1810, after a patented design by Morgan and Sanders, Catherine St, London - a cha...

A beautifully hand crafted Olive leather tufted Bench with a Mahogany frame. The Top tilts up revealing a set of 5 Library Stairs. The stairs lock into place and a lower pull out s...

We are delighted to offer this very large and collectable fully restored Regency circa 1810-1820 metamorphic armchair which converts into Library steps after the original 18th century design by Gillows of Lancaster. 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 has been stripped back, 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 a important and extremely expensive looking thing that commands attention in any setting. The original made by Gillows can currently be 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...