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a stronger case
Roche Bobois
NUTS & BOLTS
Material Comforts
Denia bookcase by Roberto Tapinassi and Maurizio Manzoni, $3,845 per unit; roche-bobois.com.
Fendi Casa
Margaret bookshelf, $18,120; luxuryliving group.com.
No longer just a supporting character, the bookshelf makes a sculptural statement all its own.
Atelier Viollet
burned ash and straw marquetry bookcase with Lucite and blackened steel, $31,500; atelierviollet.com.
La Chance
Roche Bobois
Pixl bookcase by Fabrice Berrux, $2,050 per unit; roche-bobois.com.
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clockwise from top: courtesy roche bobois; courtesy luxury living group; courtesy patrick parrish; vincent soyez. vicente wolf: andrea blanch
Jasper
Lyon Biblioteque bookshelf, $6,745; michaelsmithinc.com.
clockwise from top: charles kalpakian; courtesy jasper, michael s. smith inc.; courtesy roche bobois
steel Rocky credenza by Charles Kalpakian, $5,520; mattermatters.com.
Ask the expert
Vicente Wolf
The interior designer on how to arrange a bookcase.
“The first thing I do is throw out the paperbacks; they get ratty so quickly. Then I remove the dustcovers on hardbacks because they look richer that way. I like organizing by height— nothing too rigid, with some vertical stacks leaning against horizontal ones, all occasionally accented with a wonderful object. I have carved monkey skulls from Papua New Guinea, and for clients I’ve used Burmese bronze bells or seashells. But these should be accents—the shelves are there for books, not for displaying tchotchkes.”
ROLU
limited-edition Nature/ Nurture bookcase, $3,800; patrickparrish.com.
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Roche Bobois
NUTS & BOLTS
Material Comforts
Denia bookcase by Roberto Tapinassi and Maurizio Manzoni, $3,845 per unit; roche-bobois.com.
Fendi Casa
Margaret bookshelf, $18,120; luxuryliving group.com.
No longer just a supporting character, the bookshelf makes a sculptural statement all its own.
Atelier Viollet
burned ash and straw marquetry bookcase with Lucite and blackened steel, $31,500; atelierviollet.com.
La Chance
Roche Bobois
Pixl bookcase by Fabrice Berrux, $2,050 per unit; roche-bobois.com.
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departures.com
clockwise from top: courtesy roche bobois; courtesy luxury living group; courtesy patrick parrish; vincent soyez. vicente wolf: andrea blanch
Jasper
Lyon Biblioteque bookshelf, $6,745; michaelsmithinc.com.
clockwise from top: charles kalpakian; courtesy jasper, michael s. smith inc.; courtesy roche bobois
steel Rocky credenza by Charles Kalpakian, $5,520; mattermatters.com.
Ask the expert
Vicente Wolf
The interior designer on how to arrange a bookcase.
“The first thing I do is throw out the paperbacks; they get ratty so quickly. Then I remove the dustcovers on hardbacks because they look richer that way. I like organizing by height— nothing too rigid, with some vertical stacks leaning against horizontal ones, all occasionally accented with a wonderful object. I have carved monkey skulls from Papua New Guinea, and for clients I’ve used Burmese bronze bells or seashells. But these should be accents—the shelves are there for books, not for displaying tchotchkes.”
ROLU
limited-edition Nature/ Nurture bookcase, $3,800; patrickparrish.com.
departures.com
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