I've had this piece for well over a year and have been putting off the restoration knowing it would be an undertaking. Taken as one piece this wall unit is the largest piece I've restored yet. It took the time and effort equivalent of refinishing 2 large bedroom sets. Lyby Mobler made some of the finest furniture to come out of Denmark and this is no exception. I acquired this set from the original owners who purchased it in 1965 while living in Europe. Every piece uses solid hardwood construction with fine teak veneers. The edges and corners are all solid teak, including all the shelves. The inside of the cabinets are also nicely finished with teak. All the backs are finished so the system could be used as a free standing room divider. The glass display case, seen in the upper left has a unique feature of having an interchangeable back. It has a teak back that is finished on both sides for an installation along a wall or a second set of sliding glass doors so the case can been seen through and accessed from both sides in a free standing application.
This system is reconfigurable using a system of varying length poles that screw together. There is a set of corner shelves so the system can be configured in an "L" shape. The drop front secretary cabinet could be hung above one of the other base cabinets and the system could be shortened to 3 "bays" wide or broken into a 2 bay and a separate single bay unit. Shelves could be repositioned into different location and spacing.
Because of the flexibility of this system it could be used in an office as a desk/credenza system. It could be used in a dining room as a buffet/sideboard/china cabinet. It could be used in a living room as bookshelves and storage. This 50 year old piece of fine furniture is rare, looks like new and is ready to be a centerpiece of a room for another 50 years.
As shown below the dimension are 147" long (12'3") 72"H to tops of poles and 17" deep.
A single bay is 37 1/2" W
A double bay is 74 1/2" W
Set up in an "L" configuration the long side is about 92", the short side about 55"
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