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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 9486989, member: 5170"][USER=16674]@Brian Warshaw[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>That occurred to me as well. A significant difference between display cabinets and bookcases is that often bookcases have solid sides and display cabinets have glass sides and yes, mirrored backs. So this is definitely a bookcase, although the mirrored backs -which have aged consistently with being 130 years old - are original. Definitely unusual.</p><p>I’m mainly playing sleuth on this for fun, although a definite attribution can mean thousands in resale, whenever that time comes. Much later than sooner, hopefully. The idea is to love the piece, and I do!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 9486989, member: 5170"][USER=16674]@Brian Warshaw[/USER] That occurred to me as well. A significant difference between display cabinets and bookcases is that often bookcases have solid sides and display cabinets have glass sides and yes, mirrored backs. So this is definitely a bookcase, although the mirrored backs -which have aged consistently with being 130 years old - are original. Definitely unusual. I’m mainly playing sleuth on this for fun, although a definite attribution can mean thousands in resale, whenever that time comes. Much later than sooner, hopefully. The idea is to love the piece, and I do!![/QUOTE]
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