French Solid Walnut Trunk Bench

Screen from France in the mid-century style. This piece is made with a bamboo structure and striking rattan screens with a woven pattern crafted from the color tones of the rattan.

Table top globe from the Art Deco period in France. This piece features an ebonized and French polish base base.

Stool with hand-carved detail and made of walnut. The seat turns to raise or lower as needed. We love the curved details and warmth of the waxed, antique wood.

Restauration style buffet from France. This case piece is made of solid wood construction, primarily walnut wood. The piece is finished with a lustrous French polish of museum-qualit...

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...

K0510 Substantial Jas Shoolbred solid mahogany luggage rack on turned and ringed legs united by turned and ringed stretcher. This antique luggage rack...

English Renaissance style (19th Cent) walnut carved cassone style floor trunk with linenfold design.

English Renaissance style (19th Cent) walnut carved cassone style floor trunk with linenfold design.