Metamorphic Library Chair

A France and Sons chair designed by Finn Juhl. Known as the "Spade Chair". Model FD 133. this is ebonized model retains its label. Finn Juhl fi...

A early production womb chair designed by Eero Saarinen. Produced by Knoll starting in 1946 this model was produced in 1952. It re...

Late French Empire mahogany barrel form chair with turned legs, along with a modern copy. Very deep chair and extremely comfortable. Completely reupholstered.  

A Mid-Century, leather and chrome armchair designed by Arne Jacobsen and produced by Fritz Hansen. Newly upholstered in Edelman leather.

A sharp looking ebonized chair with caned side panels designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.

A French Louis XIII walnut armchair, circa 19th century.

This chair converts to a stepladder for accessing your library books or to use a display area.      

Scottish Victorian high-backed chair with beautifully carved and detailed mahogany back splat, legs and stretcher. Fringed antique tapestry fabric...

Imposing 19th century French Louis XIII style library chair or throne chair crafted from walnut. The grand chair features a square flat back and generous square seat which are both d...

A pair of George II design metamorphic library steps armchairs with shaped solid backs centered with painted scallop shell crests above hinged seats r...

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

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, highly collectable, Limited Edition 52/150 Steward Linford William Shakespeare Metamorphic library steps armchair made from Historic Oak and Pewter from Shakespeare Warwickshire, exhibited in The Living Chair Museum This is pretty much the best-looking chair I have ever seen and certainly the most decorative library steps. The design is based on a Regency Gillow’s of Lancaster model of a metamorphic library steps, the idea being with tall Georgian bookcases you have a reading chair next to the bookcase and when you need to get a book down from on high, you simply flip the chair top over and you have steps This one has been specially made as a homage to William Shakespeare, the top of the back rest has been hand carved with a city scene depicting Shakespeare theatre, under we find a painted scene of Romeo courting Juliette, on the back you have William Shakespeare’s name hand carved in with the edition number 52/150, converting it to steps we find a pewter plaque...