William IV Library Chair

A beautiful primitive 18th century Swedish Folk Art chair with original dry scraped paint. Please contact us for an accurate shipping quote.

A beautiful French Louis XV daybed with lovely wood carvings. The frame and base are in good condition but needs new upholstery. Nice original chippy paint...

A lovely quality French 19th century sideboard made from bleached oak which has nice curved sides and front. With a lovely quality marble top. Circa 1880. Please contact us for an ac...

A stunning late 19th century French Trumeau mirror with a lovely detailed frame made from wood and gesso. With original glass plate....

A nice decorative antique mirror with original foxed glass mirror plate. It has a lovely decorative frame which has nice worn paint giving it a grea...

A lovely quality 19th century oil on canvas portrait painting of a young boy in a period frame. Some old repairs on the frame.

A fine original condition Library Chair with Leather Seat. The frame with handsome wood graining, pierced splat back, and overall sinuous form and having castored front legs. With g...

A Very Good Quality 19th Century, William IV Period, Mahogany Library Armchair Of Good Bold Proportions, Having Upholstered Scrolling Back And Arms With Moulded Decoration, Over Gene...

An Elegant William IV Leather & Mahogany Library Chair With Athenian Carved Wood And Brass Studded Detailing Upon Brass Castors 1800's

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning 100% period correct William IV circa 1835 mahogany reclining library reading armchair with built in footrest This chair...

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...

Superb William IV rosewood library armchair. The crest and surrounding frame are carved with an image of the Green Man and foliate scrolling, whilst both...