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Victorian Painted Six-Tread Coaching Ladder c.1870
The painted wood coaching ladder, in two sections, with six treads and an iron hook, the male and female interlocking iron parts joining to make the whole, the surface showing the original timeworn black and sage green paints, and surviving from the mid-Victorian era.
The condition of the ladder is totally original with the paintwork worn nicely and thus decoratively it is delightful. The ladder can easily be used as it is stable or of course just admired.
The word “ladder” can be traced back to the Old English word “hlæder” which roughly translated means “something that slopes”. It is estimated that ladders as we know them have been in use for over 10,000 years. Cave paintings from the Mesolithic era in the Spider Caves in Valencia, Spain were discovered picturing two people with a long, rickety ladder, thought to be made out of woven grass, heading towards a tree with a bees nest in it, in order to collect some honey. As time moved on and tools progressed, we begin to see examples of wooden ladders and in medieval times these were used to help storm a castle. John Basely from Ohio invented the step ladder in 1862 he put a hinge in between two ladder sides to enable it to be stored more easily.
This would have been stored hanging on the underside of the groom's seat in the coach and would have been used for climbing to the top level of a coach and then probably a high top car.
Ladders of this type are scarce making this set desirable for collectors though it also makes for a novel wall decoration or perhaps helping you reach for the next novel.
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Private dealer, By appointment only
The Onion Barn, Shoe Cottage,
15 High Street, Blunham,
Bedfordshire, MK44 3NL.
MK44 3NL
Tel : 07729 213013
Non UK callers : +44 7729 213013
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The condition of the ladder is totally original with the paintwork worn nicely and thus decoratively it is delightful. The ladder can easily be used as it is stable or of course just admired.
The word “ladder” can be traced back to the Old English word “hlæder” which roughly translated means “something that slopes”. It is estimated that ladders as we know them have been in use for over 10,000 years. Cave paintings from the Mesolithic era in the Spider Caves in Valencia, Spain were discovered picturing two people with a long, rickety ladder, thought to be made out of woven grass, heading towards a tree with a bees nest in it, in order to collect some honey. As time moved on and tools progressed, we begin to see examples of wooden ladders and in medieval times these were used to help storm a castle. John Basely from Ohio invented the step ladder in 1862 he put a hinge in between two ladder sides to enable it to be stored more easily.
This would have been stored hanging on the underside of the groom's seat in the coach and would have been used for climbing to the top level of a coach and then probably a high top car.
Ladders of this type are scarce making this set desirable for collectors though it also makes for a novel wall decoration or perhaps helping you reach for the next novel.
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Date c.1870
Late 19th Century Antiques Material Painted
Origin English
Item code as155a1855 / 1927
Status For Sale
£850.00 
$1057.74
€992.80
$1057.74
€992.80
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Private dealer, By appointment onlyThe Onion Barn, Shoe Cottage,
15 High Street, Blunham,
Bedfordshire, MK44 3NL.
MK44 3NL
Tel : 07729 213013
Non UK callers : +44 7729 213013
Get directions to Doe And Hope
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