1910-1919 France Weathered Dark Oak Open Oak Bookshelf

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Open oak bookshelf in Weathered Dark Oak. The weathered dark oak surface highlights three open shelves, simple square legs, characteristic … Read more Open oak bookshelf in Weathered Dark Oak. The weathered dark oak surface highlights three open shelves, simple square legs, characteristic of France furniture making in the french provincial tradition, of the french provincial period. Its surface and joinery bear the honest, gradual wear of genuine age rather than a manufactured distress, evidence of a long working life already lived. An object that has already survived this long carries a kind of authenticity no reproduction can offer, and living with it means becoming part of its ongoing story. Choosing an antique is also a small, meaningful act of sustainability: it keeps a well-made object in circulation instead of adding a new one to a landfill. It is well suited to a study or living room bookcase. See less