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19thc Mahogany Library Steps
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19thc Mahogany Library Steps

19th century
For Sale by Andros Antiques
Description

This Set of 19thc Mahogany Library Steps are of a good chunky design. Standing on good sized finely turned legs, with paneled sides. The tops have a decorative reeded edge moulding, and the fronts are embellished with an Ebony line inlay.

The top flap lifts up to reveal a decent storage area, and the middle draw also provides additional storage. This piece was originally a commode, but sometime in its life has been converted to incorporate the drawer.

The tooled green leather tops are nicely distressed with a subtle fade to their middles that work so well on this piece. The generously proportioned brass handles add further decorative appeal.

Would work well as a bedside piece or anywhere in the home used as a lamp table.

Circa 19thC

Dimensions

Width 17in/43cm

Depth 32in/81cm

Height 30in/76cm

Physical Dimensions
Height
76cm (29.92")
Width
43cm (16.93")
Depth
81cm (31.89")
Declaration

Andros Antiques has dated these Mahogany Library Steps to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1096719
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1468
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This Set of 19thc Mahogany Library Steps are of a good chunky design. Standing on good sized finely turned legs, with paneled sides.
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The tops have a decorative reeded edge moulding, and the fronts are embellished with an Ebony line inlay.
Andros Antiques
fig 1. A 19th-century mahogany three-tier library step stool featuring green leather-inset treads, brass handles, and turned front legs.
fig 1. 19thc Mahogany Library Steps

The top flap lifts up to reveal a decent storage area, and the middle draw also provides additional storage. This piece was originally a commode, but sometime in its life has been converted to incorporate the drawer.

fig 2. A 19th-century mahogany three-tier library step stool featuring green leather-inset treads, brass handles, and turned front legs.
fig 2. 19thc Mahogany Library Steps

The tooled green leather tops are nicely distressed with a subtle fade to their middles that work so well on this piece. The generously proportioned brass handles add further decorative appeal.

Would work well as a bedside piece or anywhere in the home used as a lamp table.

Circa 19thC

Dimensions

Width 17in/43cm

Depth 32in/81cm

Height 30in/76cm

Height
76cm (29.92")
Width
43cm (16.93")
Depth
81cm (31.89")
Date of Manufacture

Andros Antiques has dated these Mahogany Library Steps to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1096719
Dealers Internal Ref
1468
Andros Antiques
Andros Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Apr 2018

Andros antiques has been created by two colleagues with over 80 years of experience in the antique furniture trade.

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Archive I A 19th-century mahogany three-tier library step stool featuring green leather-inset treads, brass handles, and turned front legs.

19thc Mahogany Library Steps

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A 19th-century mahogany three-tier library step stool featuring green leather-inset treads, brass handles, and turned front legs.
19thc Mahogany Library Steps
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Library steps were designed during the 18th and 19th centuries to allow safe access to elevated bookshelves in private study rooms and gentlemans libraries, frequently incorporating storage drawers or metamorphic mechanisms.

Primary construction timbers included solid mahogany, oak, or walnut, with treads often lined with gilt-tooled leather inserts to provide grip and finished with brass fittings such as handles or castors.

Authentic period examples feature hand-cut dovetail drawer joinery, original hand-tooled leather tread surfaces displaying age-appropriate patination, and turned or reeded leg columns consistent with historic woodworking.

These versatile pieces serve as distinct side tables beside low armchairs, elevated plant stands in living rooms, or bedside steps adjacent to tall mattress frames.

Timber surfaces require regular dusting and periodic application of beeswax polish, while the leather tread inserts should be conditioned with dedicated leather cream to prevent drying and cracking.
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