3 Custom Bookshelves
Wood: Mahogany
Secondary Wood: Pine
Joinery: Dovetail,Mortise, Brass Screws
Features: These book cases are all extremely similar in their design. Within them are five shelves of deeper than usual design which can be arranged to different heights using the brass pegs provided so as to fit nearly any collection of books or small items in such a way that best displays them. The cases were custom built so as to fit best adjacent to each other.They are solid hardwood throughout with some veneers used over pine in their construction. The edges and crown are molded, most of the surfaces have been hand planed. A single drawer has been hand cut with dovetails.
Provenance: Putnam County Estate
Size: H. 84.25x W. 39.5x D. 18.25"
Condition: There is some minor scratching along the finish, as well as very minor dings, but as a whole remain functional and attractive pieces.
History: A bookcase, or bookshelf, is a piece of furniture, almost always with horizontal shelves, used to store books. It may be fitted with glass doors. A bookcase consists of a unit including two or more shelves which may not all be used to contain books or other printed materials. Shelves may be fixed or adjustable to different positions in the case. In rooms entirely devoted to the storage of books they may be permanently fixed to the walls and/or floor. Bookcases frequently have doors that should be closed to protect the books from air pollution, and bookshelves are open-fronted. These doors are almost always glazed, so as to allow the spines of the books to be read. Especially valuable books may be kept in locked cases with wooden or glazed doors. A bookshelf normally stands on some other piece of furniture such as a desk or chest. Larger books are more likely to be kept in horizontal piles and very large books flat on wide shelves.In Latin and Greek the idea of bookcase is represented by Bibliotheca and Bibliotheke, derivatives of which mean library in many modern languages.A bookcase is also known as a bookshelf, a bookstand, a cupboard and a bookrack.