Wood Edwardian Bookcase

Over eight feet tall. Your ladder may want a word.

This Edwardian bookcase is waxed pine, its grain on frank display from cornice to plinth. The Edwardian taste, named for Britain's Edward VII, leaned toward lighter rooms and a calmer line than the high Victorian years before it. Two tall glass doors cover a stack of shelves against a paneled back. Reeded pilasters flank the doors and a deep molded cornice sits on top. Knots and rippling figure show through the wax. It stands 100.5 inches high, runs 82.5 long and goes only 14.5 deep.

Shallow enough for a hallway. Tall enough to make the hallway nervous.