BOOKCASES, REVOLVING
About 1790 to 1915
A smallish open-shelved bookcase revolving on a central pillar. A patent for a bookcase with individually rotating shelves was granted to Benjamin Crosby in 1808, but many pre-date this. Especially popular during Regency and, in a different form, during the Edwardian period.
STYLE AND APPEARANCE
Usually circular. Could have been two and six [...]