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<p>[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 494612, member: 201"]I have quite a variety of bookcases, though no photos...</p><p><br /></p><p>-- A set of three oak antique barrister's bookcase units, I think Globe Wernicke, that my ex and I bought in RI when we were there to attend the Newport Folk Festival. We could only buy three, without a top or bottom, because we were there in a very small station wagon (anyone remember Opels?) with another couple and between the four of us and our bags, we barely could get the three units in. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>-- An older mahogany bookcase, age unknown, with nice molding.</p><p><br /></p><p>-- Two 30 year old oak bookcases that look like barrister bookcases, including separate glass doors and leaded glass in the top sections, but are actually one-piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>-- Eight modern wood bookcases... the type where the shelves can drop down and the sides fold in.</p><p><br /></p><p>-- Two circa 1950 cabinets with shelves that were my mother's.</p><p><br /></p><p>-- And, finally, four circa 1950 very deep cabinets with shelves, also my mother's, that were unfinished furniture that she finished with a blond-type stain. Much as I'm not crazy about how these cabinets look, I need them to hold the very large and heavy antique books I inherited from her.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would love to get to a point where I've sold many of the books and other objects held by these different bookcases and can have more room for art on the walls and other types of furniture. But not sure that's going to happen anytime soon! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 494612, member: 201"]I have quite a variety of bookcases, though no photos... -- A set of three oak antique barrister's bookcase units, I think Globe Wernicke, that my ex and I bought in RI when we were there to attend the Newport Folk Festival. We could only buy three, without a top or bottom, because we were there in a very small station wagon (anyone remember Opels?) with another couple and between the four of us and our bags, we barely could get the three units in. :happy: -- An older mahogany bookcase, age unknown, with nice molding. -- Two 30 year old oak bookcases that look like barrister bookcases, including separate glass doors and leaded glass in the top sections, but are actually one-piece. -- Eight modern wood bookcases... the type where the shelves can drop down and the sides fold in. -- Two circa 1950 cabinets with shelves that were my mother's. -- And, finally, four circa 1950 very deep cabinets with shelves, also my mother's, that were unfinished furniture that she finished with a blond-type stain. Much as I'm not crazy about how these cabinets look, I need them to hold the very large and heavy antique books I inherited from her. I would love to get to a point where I've sold many of the books and other objects held by these different bookcases and can have more room for art on the walls and other types of furniture. But not sure that's going to happen anytime soon! :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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