Antique Walnut Library Chair in Fossil Sheepskin
£1,199.00
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✓ Delivered in 7-14 days
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A wonderfully characterful antique walnut library chair with carved detailing, original pot castors and soft Fossil shearling sheepskin.
UK Delivery
We deliver to: UK mainland, Scottish Highlands and Islands, Isle of Man, Channel Isles, Northern Ireland
Delivery Costs
UK mainland: Orders of stools are £7.99
Larger pieces of furniture are £14.99
Smaller accessories are £4.00.
Large armchairs are £65.00.
Returns
It’s OK to change your mind with 60 Day Returns!
We’re sure you will be delighted with our products but to give you peace of mind we want to let you know that it’s OK to change your mind.
If you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase, you can return the product for a full refund or exchange. You can return a product for up to 60 days from the date you purchased it.
International Delivery
This product is only available for delivery within the UK.
We use the highest quality upholstery materials to create supportive and comfortable furniture in our workshop in North Wales, UK.
Are you a feet up relaxer? Or do you like to put your feet down? Find the right height stool for you using our handy GUIDE
We source the highest quality grade sheepskin predominantly from flocks across the UK. Where we are unable to source a specific colour within the UK we import sheepskin from New Zealand. Sheep are not farmed for their skins and sheepskin is a by-product of the food industry.
Do contact us for a current lead time on our chairs…it can be up to 8 weeks but is usually much faster if you chair is already made!
The story
This one caught Michelle’s eye straight away.
An antique walnut library chair with a distinctly Arts and Crafts feel, it has all the little details that make an old chair worth rescuing.
There is pretty floral carving in the walnut frame, lovely shaped legs, original pot castors and unusual galleried arms with padded tops that give your elbows exactly where they want to rest.
We have upholstered it in our Fossil shearling sheepskin, a soft neutral shade that works beautifully with the warmth of the walnut without hiding any of the chair’s original character.
The combination feels just right – old timber, tactile wool and a shape designed for proper sitting.
A lovely one-off library or reading chair that would be equally at home beside a bookcase, in a bedroom or tucked into a quiet corner of a sitting room.
The details
Antique walnut library chair
Arts and Crafts in style
Reupholstered in our North Wales workshop
Fossil shearling sheepskin
Pretty floral carving to the frame
Padded galleried arms
Shaped walnut legs
Original pot castors
One-off antique chair
Dimensions
98cm high
67cm wide
45cm seat height
57cm seat depth
70cm overall depth
As an antique chair, signs of age and previous life are part of its character rather than faults.
Good to know
Ready to ship
Covered by our standard 60-day returns
Professionally reupholstered in our workshop
Natural sheepskin varies slightly in tone and texture
Antique timber may show age-related marks and patina
Styling notes
Made for a reading corner or home library
Beautiful beside wooden furniture, books and natural textiles
Equally lovely as a bedroom chair
A strong choice for interiors that mix antique furniture with contemporary texture
As sheepskin is a natural product the wool on each of our sheepskin products is unique and can differ in texture and length. That's why we specify that our measurements are approximate.
Please keep the dyed colours out of strong sunlight as it may bleach and dry out the skin. The natural colours of Ivory, Rare Breed and Chocolate will not be affected by strong sunlight.
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Why Baa Stool?
In 2011 I left the corporate world, moved home to rural North Wales and retrained to be an upholsterer. Two years in, during a tea break from a particularly challenging chair, I was looking at the sheep in the fields surrounding my workshop and mused ‘they look like little footstools. Hmmmmmm…sheepskin covered footstools. Oh yes!’
I spent several months developing the idea and ensuring that every detail of the product is high quality. The frames and legs are made by skilled craftsmen. The sheepskin is always premium grade and predominantly from UK flocks. I source the best upholstery materials and we upholster each Baa Stool using a mix of modern and traditional methods. This is important because I want my customers to enjoy a product that is the very best it can possibly be.
Around this exciting product a group of talented, enthusiastic and dedicated individuals gathered to form 'Team Baa' and a Great Little British Business was born.
I started selling Baa Stools at local artisan markets and county shows and they quickly developed a following. I noticed that the sheepskin cover upholstered on the footstools made people stop in their tracks, look closer…then, inevitably, smile. This quickly became the overall aim of every new design… to make people smile when they walk into a room.