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Although modern in spirit, the skeletal form of the shelves may echo consciously the example of surviving Biedermeier<i>étagères</i> made in the early 19th century. Indeed, many designs for similar piece of furniture are among the papers of the Danhauser manufactory, active between 1804 and 1838, the largest furniture factory in Vienna in the early 19th century.","physicalDescription":"Shelves of bent beechwood stained olive brown, the two side panels open and curved at the top, each fitted with four open bentwood rectangles serving as shelf supports, held by bolts.  The four shelves which sit on these supports are each strengthened with two additional rails underneath of square section. 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