A bookcase, or bookshelf, is a piece of furniture, used to store books. When books were written by hand and were not produced in great quantities, they were kept in small containers which owners (usually the wealthy or clergy) carried with them. As manuscript volumes accumulated in religious houses or in homes of the wealthy, they were stored on shelves or in cupboards. These cupboards are the direct predecessors of today’s bookcases. Later the doors were discarded, and the evolution of the bookcase proceeded.
The oldest bookcases in England are those in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, which were placed in position in the last year or two of the sixteenth century; in that library are the earliest extant examples of shelved galleries over the flat wall-cases. Long ranges of book-shelves are somewhat severe in appearance, and many attempts have been made by means of carved cornices and pilasters to give them a less austere appearance.
The movement happens as long as the human activities. People are always curious which make them looking for something by reading books as the source of the knowledge and information. A number of book or newspapers in our house spur our creativity to make our house more beautiful and neat. The human interest on reading is influence the wholesale modern furniture making innovative design of bookcase. Based on the shape bookcase consist of several types like:
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