John Fowler Steam Train Chesterfield Brown Leather Miltary Campaign Trunk Bench

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored hand dyed brown leather top Military Campaign storage trunk which acts as a ben...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale one of four absolutely stunning, fully restored extra large Victorian Snooker...

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...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare, English circa 1880, Chesterfield brown leather Piano bench, window seat or stool in period B...

A well-made leather and chrome 'X' bench or stool, in the campaign modern style, circa 1970s. Stool/bench seat has a brown leather top (brown leather with red-ish undertones), brass detail and an 'X' chrome frame. Frame is a niece weight. Great as a seat (its intended use), or to hold/display books...

Please feel free to reach out for efficient shipping quote to your location. Campaign Bench attributed to Maison Jansen. Leather seat, stainless steel frame, brass trim.

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

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...