Antieke eiken Globe Wernicke stapelbare boekenkast
Deze kast bevat twee diepe ordner elementen boven elkaar afgesloten door een kap. Diepte is 35 cm diep.
Globe-Wernicke Co
From Graces Guide
of 222 Kensal Road, London, W10
1882 An American businessman Henry C. Yeiser set up a furniture factory called the Globe Files Co in Cincinnati. The factory started manufacturing office and filing furniture. At a similar time, a furniture factory called the Wernicke Co was set up in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1889 Otto Heinrich Louis Wernicke invented a stacking system for units, meant as a quick way to build up storage shelves. A few years later the Wernicke Co designed a bookcase, which consisted of different sized glass cabinet components. By stacking these on top of and beside each another, one could create different effects.
Henry C. Yeiser became interested in the design and bought the Wernicke Co factory. With the new owner, the factory was renamed the Globe-Wernicke Co.
1892 In December, Henry C. Yeiser patented his unique bookcase design. The bookcase was a great success and also aroused much interest in Europe.
By the end of the 19th century, an English furniture manufacturer named Thomas Turner started marketing the design in England. The company was named the Globe-Wernicke Co Ltd. Manufacturer began in London and the design became a great success in Victorian England. Because of the world-wide spread of the British colonies, the bookshelves even reached India.
After the first patent expired (after 20 years), Globe-Wernicke evenually expanded to Canada, France, Belgium and Austria, Germany and Scandanavia.
Successful products are always imitated. the first copies appeared. This was not only the case in the USA and England, but copies were also being made in Germany and Scandinavia.
1906 The Globe-Wernicke Co (1906) was registered on 13 January, to acquire as from 31 May 1905, the undertaking of the Globe-Wernicke Co, to take over the business of office and other furniture manufacturers, and subsequently the name was changed. [1]
1920 The inventor died and sales began to drop.
1929 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturers of Office and Library Furniture. "Elastic" Bookcases, "Elastic" Filing Cabinets, "Flat Roll" Desks, Library Desks, Writing Tables, Card Index Cabinets, Office Supplies, Board Room Furniture, Gramophone and Wireless Cabinets. (Stand No. T.32) [2]
Antique library Globe Wernicke bookcase, zeer mooie en originele antieke bibliotheekkast opgebouwd uit het modulaire kastensysteem van Globe Wernicke.
For those who wants an antique bookcases but also have requirments about dimensions !!
Voor wie een antieke boekenkast zoekt en ook eisen stelt aan maten.
Zeer fraaie originele en gerestaureerde antieke eiken Globe Wernicke stapelbare boekenkast met prachtig patine. De kast bestaat uit twee diepe elementen voor kunstboeken, fotoalbum en ordners, waarvan het onderste deel is afgesloten door mooi eiken paneel. Op deze elementen 6 delen van 29 cm diep. Zeer fraaie antieke boekenkast.
We had to build for an American customer one of the largest Globe Wernicke library in the world with all original elements. Unless this original Globe Wernicke flexible system is a litle bit more expensive of a new build in library, this one looks ten times better and will always be desired. This customer is an IT industry company who wants for there employees the right envoirement for study and meetings in a combination of antiques with design, it will be a fantastic place to be. For us a lot of work and finding the right elements. The bookcase is build up with a base, three elements of 35 cm deep, first element with a panel. On top of these three elements, one section of 37 high, 4 elemnts of 27 cm high finished with a top. In total 8 sections with a base and a top. Total height is 288,5 cm, width 5 rows left 5 X 86,5 = 432,5 plus corner section 42 makes 474,5 cm out of the corner.
Fantastic original oak stackeble Globe Wernicke bookcase. It has a lovely patination and the colour is golden oak, total height 290, top condition. These antique original bookcases are patented in the U.K. in 1891, and in 1896 in france, Belgium and Canada.
The Globe-Wernicke Company was formed as a result of the Cincinnati based Globe Files Company (est. in 1882) purchasing the Minneapolis based Wernicke Company, founded in 1893 by Otto Wernicke, in 1899. The company is best known for their high end bookcases, Desks, and other office furniture. Globe Wernicke established factories in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France and Germany.
The company patented the 'elastic bookcases' also known as a modular bookcase. These were a 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 re-arranged by the insertion of units of different depths and heights. These glass fronted shelves are today collectible antiques highly desired by collectors. With regularity, these bookcases appear in auctions and internet sites and, what originally cost $75 or so will now be sold for $900 or more.[1]
During World War II 90% of the company's business in the US was converted to produce military equipment
Zeer grote delen van het originele stapelsysteem van Globe Wernicke. In deze delen passen ordners, grote kunstboeken en kan ook goed als vitrinekast gebruikt worden. Deze kast is 86 cm breed en 35 cm diep. In onderste twee delen zit een houten paneel in plaats van glas.
Mooie en bruikbare antieke boekenkast, uit het modulaire systeem is gekozen voor een plint met lade, een super diep deel met hierop een gesloten deel, dan drie hoge delen van 29 cm afgesloten door een lager deel van 29 cm diep.
Prachtige antieke eiken hoek kast van het modulaire systeem van Globe Wernicke Co.
Always different stacks of the original Globe Wernicke bookcase on stock. We restore our products with the highest standars and deliver and build up the bookcases in your study our living room.
Ogenblik geduld a.u.b