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What is a bookshelf with doors called?

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What is a bookshelf with doors called?
A bookshelf with doors is usually called a bookcase. It may be fitted with glass doors that can be closed to protect the books from dust or moisture. Find a wide variety of antique and vintage bookshelves on 1stDibs to meet any design style.
1stDibs ExpertOctober 5, 2021
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Tall English Oak Breakfront Bookcase With Glass Doors
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A vintage oak English oak breakfront cabinet with glass doors, and a scroll and shell form center pediment.
Category

20th Century Bookcases

Materials

Glass, Oak

Jacobean Revival Small Oak Open Bookcase with Carved Cupboard Doors
Located in Nottingham, GB
A carved blind arcade and moulded borders distinguish the lower cupboard doors of this compact oak bookcase, bringing traditional Jacobean revival character to a neat domestic form.
Category

20th Century Bookcases

Materials

Oak

Neoclassical Style Oak Library Bookcase with Beveled Glass Doors
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Imposing 20th century library bookcase crafted from solid oak. The impressive upper case features two sets of beveled glass panel doors with neoclassical ionic style columns separati...
Category

20th Century American Neoclassical Bookcases

Materials

Brass

Danish Brutalist Oak Bookcase / Shelving Unit with Reeded Door, 1960s
Located in Rødding, DK
This Danish Brutalist bookcase or shelving unit in honey-toned oak dates from the 1960s.
Category

20th Century Danish Brutalist Bookcases

Materials

Brass

1930s Art Deco Modernist Bookcase, Solid Oak with Glass Doors
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Six original solid oak shelves. This wonderful Art Deco Modernist bookcase with glass sliding doors on top is in very good original condition with minor wear consistent with age and ...
Category

Vintage 1930s Dutch Art Deco Bookcases

Materials

Glass, Ebony, Oak

Antique Carved Oak Double Door Bookcase with Wine Rack c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts bookcase (modified into an entertainment center) offers quarter sawn oak construction with double glass doors opening to shelved interior with lower wine r...
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Bookcases

Materials

Oak, Glass

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