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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | offices furniture |
| Predecessor | The Globe Files Company |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Defunct | 1955 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | City Auto Stamping Company |
| Products | Desks, Bookcases, Shelves |
The Globe-Wernicke Co Ltd was an American furniture company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The company was founded in 1893, and specialized in the design and manufacture of military equipment.
Globe-Wernicke was formed as a result of the Cincinnati based Globe Files Company (est. in 1882) purchasing the Minneapolis based Wernicke Company, founded in 1893 by Otto Wernicke, in 1899. The company is best known for their high-end bookcases, Desks, and other office furniture. Globe Wernicke established factories in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France and Germany.
The company patented the "elastic bookcases" also known as a modular bookcase or barrister's bookcase. These were high-quality stacking book shelves, with a standard width of 34 inches, in oak, walnut and mahogany, capable of being adapted to fit together to form a bookcase which could either be all of the same measurements or which could be rearranged by the insertion of units of different depths and heights. These glass-fronted shelves are today collectible antiques highly desired by collectors. With regularity, these bookcases appear in auctions and internet sites and, what originally cost $75 or so will now be sold for $900 or more. [1]
During World War II 90% of the company's business in the US was converted to produce military equipment.
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4. "Modern copies of Globe Wernicke bookcases" Estonian Brand