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The Metamorphic Library Chair and Dual Purpose Furniture

This 1850s American Renaissance carved oak chair turns into a five-step ladder. The chair has paw feet and a carved head on the lower seat rail. It closely resembles a patented American chair by Augustus Eliaers of Boston. The metamorphic chair is estimated to sell at a spring Neal Auction in New Orleans for $5,000 to $7,500. The metamorphic library chair was patented in 1853. What an innovative idea for a chair. The skirt-l....

 

 
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