Wood Vienna Etagere

Glass, steel and a block of very dark wood, and everything in it will be on view.

The Vienna Etagere is by Randal Tysinger, with a Macassar ebony base, a stainless steel frame and glass shelves. Etageres were made for drawing rooms, where owners set out books and prized objects on open shelves, and Macassar ebony, with its dark striped grain, is a long-standing favorite of luxury cabinetmakers. Five glass shelves rise within a frame of thin square steel, with stepped key-like returns at the corners. Two drawers fill the base, sharing a clear rectangular pull. Eighty-four inches high, 42 long and 18 deep.

Dusting is the price of transparency.