BH | Studio Wismar Arched Display Cabinet

The round arch is one of architecture's oldest shapes, and furniture makers have borrowed it for doors and cabinet tops since medieval times. An arched, glass-fronted cabinet brings that calm, church-window line into a dining room or library.

This one rises to a full rounded top, with doors of tempered glass on soft-close hinges and brass ring pulls. Inside, one fixed shelf and two adjustable shelves sit against a pale wood interior that lightens the black frame, so books, dinnerware and collected pieces can be arranged at whatever heights they need. The adjustable shelves are each rated to 77 lbs and the fixed shelf to 121 lbs, enough for a full stack of stoneware. Below, two drawers run out fully on their slides, each holding 22 lbs of napkins, candles or chargers out of sight, and the cabinet stands on wide, sturdy legs with non-marking glides. Assembly is required.

Use it as a hutch in the dining room with stacked plates, glasses and a small lamp inside, as a storage cabinet in a living room for books, pottery and family pieces, or in a home office as a display case for awards and favourite volumes. In a bathroom it shows off towels. Black and pale wood suit white walls and dark polished floors, with a green banker's lamp glowing in the arch.