Colonial Era Jarrah Library Chair/Ladder
A scarce library Chair/Folding ladder an unusual colonial era, Western Australian, jarrah metamorphic library chair with ladder back and folding frame. C.1900. Chair height: 35.04 in. The ladder top step 34.65 in.
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- Metamorphic Furniture - An item of furniture, that can be transformed from its apparent purpose to a different purpose. The most common examples are the library chair that can be folded into a set of library steps, and the side table that transforms into a multi-tiered dumb waiter through a series of ropes, pulleys and weights.
- Jarrah - A eucalypt, known by its aboriginal name jarrah, it grows only in the south-west of Western Australia. The timber is a dark red-brown in colour with similar grain and colouring to mahogany and was used extensively in house construction as well as for making furniture.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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chairs, singles / pairs / threes, style or period
- Colonial 118
- desk 294
- kauri timber 237
- ladderback 63
- library 294
- metamorphic (library steps) 18
- office 294
- furniture, material or decoration - jarrah 85
