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1980s Pair of Carved Step Shelves with Brass Inlays
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s pair of carved step shelves with brass inlays.
Category
20th Century European Shelves
Materials
Bronze
Step Shelves Faux Bamboo Gilt Base Floor Lamp
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice unusual spiral step shelves, gilt faux bamboo base, floor lamp.
In style of
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Anglo-Japanese Ebonized Display Shelves with Pagoda Sides & Fret Work Decoration
By Heal's
Located in London, GB
and pagoda sides to the edges of the top shelf and to all the stepped shelves below, with faux bamboo
Category
Early 20th Century English Anglo-Japanese Shelves
Materials
Beech
H 43 in W 22 in D 16 in
Aluminum & Glass Shelves Step Table Style Etagere Wall Unit
By Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Fine Craved Silver Gilt Scallop Crown Rectangle Antique Wall Mirror MINT!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Step Back Polished Aluminium Display Shelf, 1970s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large display shelf polished aluminium with gold details. 18 inch deep shelves on the bottom with
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Stepped Four Tier Iron and Glass Display Shelf
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in New York, NY
frame is stepped in a classic skyscraper form, having four shelves. The shelf is structurally sound and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Iron
Step Bookcase, in wood and brass, by Accardi Buccheri for Medulum
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Step is a modular bookcase with brass structure, consisting of welded metal
plate and tubes. Three
Category
2010s Italian Modern Shelves
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Hardwood Display Cabinet
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Chinese hardwood display cabinet having a pierced gallery top above stepped shelves and
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Victorian Cabinets
Materials
Hardwood
Mid Century Modern to Modern Chrome & Mirrored Etagere Cabinet Style DIA or Ello
By Ello Furniture, Design Institute America
Located in Topeka, KS
step back to the shelves... It’s got some awesome angles going on!! The lower cabinet stands on eight
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Chrome
H 92.75 in W 58.5 in D 20.25 in
French Step Back Painted Cupboard
Located in Charleston, SC
French painted four door step back cupboard with removable shelves, wooden knobs, and bracket feet.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Cupboards
19th Century Rosewood Waterfall Side Cabinet
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
Extremely Unusual Design, Having Attractive Stepped Shelves To Top, With Elegant Scrolling, Turned And
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Cabinets
Materials
Rosewood
Four-Tier Brass Console Small Étagère with Smoked Glass Shelves
By Paul McCobb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern solid brass square profile 4-tier step étagère with smoked glass shelves storage
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Brass
A 1970s Romeo Rega Italian bar trolley with multiple smoked glass shelves
By Romeo Rega
Located in London, GB
A 1970s Romeo Rega Italian gilt metal bar trolley with multiple stepped glass shelves and smoked
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
H 27.56 in W 30.32 in D 17.72 in
Aesthetic Movement Japanese Tea Trolley With River Scene Decoration.
Located in London, GB
and raised animal heads to each upper corner with a river scene depicting Herons to the top. Stepped
Category
Antique 1880s British Anglo-Japanese Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 31.89 in W 25.99 in D 16.54 in
Neoclassical Carved Gothic Oak Bar with Marble Top
Located in Port Jervis, NY
moulding surrounding the top while the base has its large stepped mouldings. Three shelves to house the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Gothic Revival Dry Bars
Materials
Marble
Antique 19th Century English Regency Carved Rosewood Tiered Sideboard Mint!
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Antique 19th century English Regency Carved Rosewood Tiered Shelves Step Back Sideboard Server MINT
Category
20th Century English Regency Cabinets
Materials
Brass
A Scottish Anglo-Japanese ebonized side table with fretwork & hand carved edges.
Located in London, GB
shaped tops, lattice end panels, stepped display shelves, with a pagoda style curved edge.
Category
Antique 1880s English Anglo-Japanese Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 26.58 in W 20.48 in D 19.69 in
Antique 18th Century Country Oak George III Welsh Dresser & Plate Rack 1780
Located in Portland, OR
dresser is in two sections, above is a plate rack with a stepped cornice and having three shelves, to
Category
Antique 1780s Welsh Country Buffets
Materials
Oak
H 78 in W 62.5 in D 19.75 in
Industrial small stepladder in wood with old layers of paint, Belgium ca. 1920
Located in Meulebeke, BE
. Crafted from high-quality wood, this is a perfect step up to reach high shelves or a stylish accent piece
Category
Vintage 1920s Belgian Industrial Ladders
Materials
Wood
H 24.02 in W 21.66 in D 19.69 in
Exceptional Mid Century Danish Teak Writing Desk with Hutch
Located in Detroit, MI
with squared legs this unique secretary desk features a removable, step-back hutch with small shelves
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique farmhouse cupboard German 1749 Rustic Softwood
Located in Würzburg, DE
fillings (see photos)
Features: 3 shelves, special painting
Step back in time with this beautifully
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century German Cabinets
Materials
Softwood
French Industrial Wooden Stepladder, 1900s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
and stored when not in use. Whether you use it as a step to reach high shelves, as a side table or as
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Industrial Stairs
Materials
Wood
Unusual German Neoclassical Cabinet with Faux-Book Spine Decorated Door
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
, enclosing two shelves. The stepped pediment with one drawer veneered with burl wood and decorated with a
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Metal
H 56.7 in W 22.84 in D 19.3 in
Antique French Hunt Cabinet Bookcase Black Forest Carved Oak Barley Twist c1880
Located in Shreveport, LA
carved edges to all the shelves and stepped out supports with triple moulding~
~Lower cabinet features a
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Bookcases
Materials
Oak
H 79.5 in W 36.25 in D 22 in
English Victorian Oak 19th Century Bed Steps with Carved Roaring Lions
Located in Atlanta, GA
provide a step up to reach higher shelves, all the while adding a touch of 19th-century elegance. This
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Stairs
Materials
Oak
E W Godwin Made by Collinson & Lock an Exceptional Anglo Japanese Rosewood Table
By Collinson & Lock, Edward William Godwin
Located in London, GB
Soros, Secular Furniture, page 146, fig 211). He used stepped designs on the lower shelves of all of his
Category
Antique 1870s English Anglo-Japanese Center Tables
Materials
Rosewood
H 27.5 in W 33 in D 19.75 in
18th Century Chippendale Wall Shelves
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
open fret work sides and a front gallery to the top shelf.
The four shelves are stepped, the
Category
Antique 1790s English Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Satinwood and Mahogany Wall Shelves
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
A set of late 19th-early 20th century Georgian style stepped wall shelves.
The shelves have
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Shelves
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Fine Biedermeier Vitrine
Located in Chicago, IL
three sets of stepped shelves and three full depth shelves, including the floor of the vitrine. The
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Two-Tier 19th Century English Wood Planter
Located in New York City, NY
A stylish turn of the century antique Continental carved wood planter with a stepped shelves and X
Category
Antique 19th Century Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Wood
A Fine Pantry Cupboard
Located in Norwalk, CT
A carved walnut stepped etagere with graduated shelves and squash form foot.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Cupboards
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Dutch Polychrome Painted Corner Cupboards, 19th Century
Located in Armadale, Victoria
escutcheon with a raised design, opening to two shelves, the body rising to a stepped shaped top with two
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Renaissance Corner Cupboards
Materials
Brass
Peter Waals Oak "Open" Bookcase, England, circa 1935
By Peter Waals
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
open shelves, on stepped feet
England, circa 1935
Measures: 117 cm high x 162 cm wide x 30 cm deep
Category
Vintage 1930s British Arts and Crafts Bookcases
Materials
Oak
French Provincial Walnut Louis XV Style Slant-Front Desk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
stepped drawers and shelves. Retains all original hardware and a key. Ca. 1840-1850.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique English Welsh Dresser, Original Painted Finish, from Bath circa 1850
Located in Houston, TX
stepped arrangement of the shelves with the lower shelf being less deep than the upper shelf. This enables
Category
Antique 1850s British George III Sideboards
Materials
Pine
H 84 in W 85.5 in D 17.5 in
Pair of George III Mahogany Hanging Shelves
Located in Westwood, NJ
Pair of George III mahogany three-tier hanging shelves with openwork carved supports, stepped
Category
Antique 19th Century English Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Asymmetrical Art Deco Walnut Shelves
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of asymmetrical Art Deco walnut shelves, floor standing with four stepped shelves with solid
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Shelves
Materials
Walnut
Industrial Wall Shelf
Located in Sagaponack, NY
hanger having two stepped shelves and three rows of coat hooks.
Category
Vintage 1920s American Industrial Shelves
Materials
Steel
Collapsible Florist Stand
Located in South Salem, NY
stable and ample storage for throughout the spring and summer months. 4 stepped shelves offer room for
Category
Early 20th Century French Shelves
Materials
Wood
Asian Style Step Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Cabinet having eight drawers, two glazed doors, all with ring pulls, configured in a graduated form and raised on bracket feet.
Condition: Light wear, consistent with age and use.
Category
20th Century Asian Edo Shelves
Antique English Folding Library Step Ladder, 1880s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Antique English Folding Library Step Ladder, 1800s adorned with aged iron hardware.
This exquisite
Category
Antique 19th Century English Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Iron
1970s Modern Stair Step Bookshelves
Located in Denton, TX
Studio crafted Long and low Modernist bookshelf. stair step graduated design Each shelf measures
Category
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Oak
Step Shelf With Chrome Legs
Located in Chicago, IL
Please contact dealer for full product description.
Category
Vintage 1940s Hungarian Shelves
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Stepped, Teak Shelving Unit
Located in Nantucket, MA
A classic Mid-Century Modern teak, stepped shelving unit. Could even be used as a partial room
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Teak
Baughman Style Brass Plated Display Shelves
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A set of Baughman style brass plated mid century modern vitrine, etager or display shelves. Any way
Category
Vintage 1960s American Shelves
Satinwood & Mahogany Wall Shelves, Late 19th Century
Located in Southall, GB
stepped wall shelves.
The shelves have satinwood veneered outer and inner side panels and the front
Category
Antique 19th Century English Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Dwarf Bookcase
Located in San Francisco, CA
Regency mahogany waterfall dwarf bookcase, the graduated stepped shelves over a pair of cabinet
Category
Antique 19th Century English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Style Mahogany Drinks Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
stepped shelves supported by Doric columns, over a two-door cabinet with frieze drawer, raised on bracket
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Super Chic Pierre Vandel Lacquered Aluminum Étagère
By Pierre Vandel
Located in Hopewell, NJ
design with five glass shelves and three smaller stepped shelves that add pizazz to otherwise flat ones
Category
Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Corner Étagère, circa 1880
Located in Opole, PL
shelves veneered with burl and ornate with intarsias with the motif of a vase.
Furthermore, the shelves
Category
Antique 1860s British Victorian Shelves
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Stepped Side Tables / Shelves in the Manner of Paul Frankl, Pair
By Paul Frankl
Located in Pasadena, CA
These elegant and useful side tables in the manner of Paul Frankl feature three tiers of stepped
Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Scroll and Leaf Iron and Glass Step Back Etagere
By Salterini, Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in Garnerville, NY
Mid-20 Century designed scroll and leaf iron and glass step back etagere. Three glass shelves and
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique 19th C. Oak Step Back Pewter China Hutch Farmhouse Cupboard Bookcase
Located in Dayton, OH
cabinets and an upper unit comprising step-back open shelves held together with wooden boarded back
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Classical Cabinets
Materials
Oak
H 80 in W 43.5 in D 17 in
Art Nouveau Hutch or Buffet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step back hutch with adjustable shelves.
Category
Antique 19th Century Lithuanian Cupboards
Materials
Wood
Burl Yew Wood Open Three Shelf Bookcase
Located in Queens, NY
three shelves with stepped top and base.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Yew
Two-Door Sideboard, Black Lacquer, 1970, French
Located in Nice, FR
Sideboard with two sliding doors on the front, original matte black lacquer, with two shelves
Category
20th Century European Art Deco Buffets
Materials
Bog Wood, Lacquer
Continental Etagere
Located in Nashville, TN
three stepped scalloped shelves. Previously owned by David Easton.
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Cupboards
Materials
Wood
French Art Deco Tall Mahogany Cabinet with Glass Doors
Located in Troy, MI
open to compartment with three fixed shelves and sturdy, stepped base, circa 1930s. Unknown maker.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Art Deco Dressing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
the base with large glass shelf above an arrangement of stepped draws and shelves.
Dimensions
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Vanities
Honey Warm Wood Kitchen Cupboard Cabinet with Lots of Storage
Located in Hopewell, NJ
stepped cornice, original glass and shelves inside. The bottom section has two wooden doors that open to
Category
Vintage 1940s North American Country Cupboards
Materials
Wood
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Step Shelves For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of step shelves available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct step shelves — often made from wood, metal and oak — can elevate any home. Step shelves have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of step shelves to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Mid-Century Modern step shelves are of considerable interest. Step shelves have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Todd Merrill are consistently popular.
How Much are Step Shelves?
Step shelves can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,993, while the lowest priced sells for $600 and the highest can go for as much as $13,600.
Finding the Right Storage-case-pieces for You
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.
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