ca. 1800-1810Mahogany, seat upholstered in tan leather Inv. CAM 595© MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance
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This large, leather-upholstered stool unfolds to form a step ladder. Practical and elegant furniture pieces such as this featured in the libraries that were built for Napoleon I in the early nineteenth century.