"Well forget the aluminum era, this ladder was in the Jefferson Library, see Roy Underhill handling it around 2:34 here:https://videos.popularwoodworking.com/courses/the-woodwrights-shop-s08-ep01-folding-ladder"

"Unfortunately, most likely the Picasso quote was said wearing a beret and smoking a gitane, however!Thanks for the digital museum links, I would like to add to the list:http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/keys/collections/Has a very nice source of haida and other indigenous culture artifacts.And of course the https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection is very well provisioned and also has background texts for a few artifacts."