Samuel Putnam began making trestle ladders, step stools, pulpit ladders, industrial steel ladders and the famous "Classic No. 1" - the rolling library ladder, at the beginning of the 20th century.

Designers are importing rolling ladders—which evoke romantic rooms devoted to bibliophilia—into kitchens to stylishly access new stash space By Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell Feb. 21, 2019 1:37 pm ET ...