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2. Globe Wernicke - Wikipedia

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   The company patented the "elastic bookcases" also known as a modular bookcase or barrister's bookcase. These were high-quality stacking book shelves, with a standard width of 34 inches, in oak, walnut and mahogany, capable of being adapted to fit together to form a bookcase which could either be all of the same measurements or which could be ...

3. Bookcase - Wikipedia

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   A bookcase, or bookshelf, is a piece of furniture with horizontal shelves, often in a cabinet, used to store books or other printed materials. Bookcases are used in private homes, public and university libraries, offices, schools, and bookstores. Bookcases range from small, low models the height of a table to high models reaching up to ceiling ...

4. IKEA's Latest Throwback Furniture Is Selling Out Everywhere ...

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   The Nytillverkad collection, which debuted last April, became an instant hit thanks to coveted items like the stackable Scandi-style Domsten stools from the 1970s (updated with vibrant orange ...

5. Library stack - Wikipedia

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   The Library of Congress bookstacks were designed and patented by Green. Although the structure was of cast iron, the shelves were made from strips of thin U section steel, designed to be as light as an equivalent pine shelf. The top surface of the U section was ground, polished and 'lacquered' (the constituents of the lacquer are not known).

6. Bookbinding - Wikipedia

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   Early medieval bookcase containing about ten codices depicted in the Codex Amiatinus (c. 700) In addition to the scroll, wax tablets were commonly used in Antiquity as a writing surface. Diptychs and later polyptych formats were often hinged together along one edge, analogous to the spine of modern books, as well as a folding concertina format.

7. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Several geometries of folding table that can be collapsed into a smaller volume (e.g., a TV tray, which is a portable, folding table on a stand) Heights ranging up and down from the most common 18–30 inches (46–76 cm) range, often reflecting the height of chairs or bar stools used as seating for people making use of a table, as for eating ...