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Barrister bookcases are very unique office furniture pieces that are great to be put on display. Is this piece of furniture really a lawyers bookcase and can you tell me how old it might be. Barristers are english lawyers, especially those who try cases in the higher court. Oct 18, 2011 a barristers bookcase is a modular piece of furniture. This traditional barrister bookcase is our best selling barrister bookcase. Mix, match and stack shelf sections with receding glass doors, wood doors, media drawers, file drawers. However, a barrister bookcase neednt just be a lawyers bookcase. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation.
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My dad sent me this bookcase when i became a lawyer, many years ago. Well built with an interlocking design, the fully assembled shelf. What material should my barrister bookcase be made out of. A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. A barrister is a member of one of the classes of lawyers found in many. Antique barrister bookcase 5 shelves 14 cut oak macey beautiful 5 sectional shelves bookcase quarter cut tiger oak made by macey original macey decals inside metal banding between shelves, brass knobs on doors original glass front doors clean interiors 5 stacking shelves plus a top and a bottom base comes apart for transport and easily. Bookcases are used in private homes, public and university libraries, offices and bookstores. Categories below are corner units,matching sets,34 width, 5stack, 4stack, 3stack, 2stack.
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The style was marketed as an elastic bookcase by cincinnati based manufacturer globe wernicke in 1898. Typically associated with lawyers or barristers these bookcases have become. Antique barristers bookcases or layers bookcase were first seen in the late 19th century victorian period and was usually stacking with cabinet glazed doors that open on a hinged mechanism, in the same design as the globe wernicke bookcase or the minty design. Osullivan bookcase furniture provides the look you need for your home or office decor. You will need to stack the blocks but there is no drilling or screwing required. Keep your books protected yet still visible with the glass doors. Aug 29, 2018 antique barristers bookcases were designed to store books or other office documents and were commonly seen in solicitors offices, libraries or schools in britain. Vintage stacking lawyers barrister bookcase cabinet hale 3 shelf we ship. Buy antique lawyerbarrister bookcases and get the best deals. My greatgreataunt melva nicknamed tootsie was the pioneer of our familys story.
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