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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 ...
Danner's bookcase appeared in the 1894 Montgomery Ward catalog. In 1878 he exhibited his bookcases at the Paris International Exhibition and won a gold medal. The John Danner Manufacturing Company was known for honorable workmanship and affordability. The woods were oak, black walnut, western ash, and Philippine mahogany.
The bookcase is 10 feet (3.0 m) high and 5 feet (1.5 m) wide. [2] It has been described as "the most important example of Victorian painted furniture ever made." [3] The paintings on the bookcase depict pagan and Christian art depicted in "allegories of poetry, architecture, sculpture, painting and music".
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Its unique appearance (Tabard Inn design [2]) was a tall wooden revolving bookcase with a square shake roof as a hip roof including two link dormers. Some were made from mahogany or quartered oak. [50] It could hold 75, 125, 250, and 500 books. [2]
The bookcase was shown at the Great Exhibition 1851 in London. Leistler's exhibits were described as "massive, bold and masculine in design, and well adapted to a palace". The bookcase, "a cathedral in wood", bears elaborate decoration that referred to current debates on the unification of the German-speaking peoples.