Uniquely Formed Chair / Stepping Stool

Handcrafted Black Walnut Step Stool with Oil Finish This beautifully designed step stool is crafted from rich black walnut and finished with a warm ...

A well-proportioned set of 20th century European library steps featuring neoclassical-inspired turned and fluted legs, incised square corner details, and shaped scroll side supports....

A three-step stool of clear lucite with a modern design attributed to Dragonette Private Label of Palm Desert, CA. Clean-lined and translucent, the stool is ideal in minimalist inter...

The Scala is an original chair made of ashwood. Thanks to its solid frame the Scala easily turns into a handy stepladder. The simple and clean lines, allow you to use the Scala in an...

Decorate a library, study, or reading nook with this ingenious 19th-century French metamorphic ladder chair. Crafted in Southern France circa 1880, ...

Antiques of London A superbly crafted folding mahogany library step ladder, featuring a warm, rich patina and traditional joinery, finished with a striking turned finial pole han...

Antique early American style pine two step bedstep / stool / library steps featuring hand cut nails and upright handle / hand rail. Dimensions: 13" x 12.5" x 41" (Width x Depth x He...

Paint splattered simplex safety step ladder This is a very useful and marvelous looking piece, the step ladder has 2 good long upright grab handles, it has a the Simplex snap acti...

We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of large and collectable Regency style metamorphic armchair which converts into Library steps after the original 18th century design by Gillows of Lancaster with Burr Walnut panels A very good looking and well made pair, I have never seen a Regency style piece with Burr Walnut panels before, the leather seat pads have been restored by my leather polishers, they have been hand dyed six times, antiqued and sealed 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...

We are delighted to offer for sale this large and collectable lightly restored William IV circa 1830 Flamed Mahogany, metamorphic armchair which converts into Library steps attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London. This is a wonderful piece of English history, I have never seen another with such elegant turned front legs, usually they are plainer and straight timber. The seat pad has been upholstered with a grey linen, the steps and raw flamed mahogany and look amazing. This chair 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...