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2. Globe Wernicke - Wikipedia

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3. Louis XVI furniture - Wikipedia

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   Some other specialized cabinets appeared under Louis XVI, thanks to the improved technology for making larger panes of glass. These included bibliotheques or bookcases with glass doors, and Vitrines, or cabinets with glass doors, where precious objects could be displayed. These had very ornate marquetry patterns on the doors in the earlier ...

4. Bookcase - Wikipedia

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   A bookcase may be fitted with glass doors [2] that can be closed to protect the books from dust or moisture. Bookcase doors are almost always glazed with glass, so as to allow the spines of the books to be read. [3] Especially valuable rare books may be kept in locked cases with wooden or glazed doors.

5. What Is a Curio Cabinet? Here's How to Style One - AOL

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   A curio cabinet is a display case that usually has a wood or metal frame and glass front doors. Its main purpose is twofold: Practical storage and a visually pleasing display. A curio cabinet is a ...

6. Great Bookcase - Wikipedia

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   The Great Bookcase was poorly received by the Building News and Architectural Review at the exhibition. [5] The bookcase was designed by Burges to hold his collection of art books, and was originally displayed at his rooms in Buckingham Street in London. It was later placed in the library at the house Burges had designed for himself, The Tower ...

7. Cabinet of curiosities - Wikipedia

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   The earliest pictorial record of a natural history cabinet is the engraving in Ferrante Imperato's Dell'Historia Naturale (Naples 1599) (illustration).It serves to authenticate its author's credibility as a source of natural history information, by showing his open bookcases (at the right), in which many volumes are stored lying down and stacked, in the medieval fashion, or with their spines ...