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breakfront

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break·front  (brkfrnt)
n.
A piece of furniture, such as a cabinet or a bookcase, with a central section that projects beyond the sections to either side.

breakfront [ˈbreɪkˌfrʌnt]
adj
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) (prenominal) (of a bookcase, bureau, etc.) having a slightly projecting central section


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In some cases, he may marry good design with items that evoke pleasant feelings or memories, such as a piece of Oriental art or a breakfront filled with mementos from a career of globe-trotting as a commercial pilot.
On a rainy November evening in 1964, in a bookstore across the street from the University of Texas in Austin, I came upon five thin white books stacked on a waist-high breakfront shelf.
Let residents bring in a breakfront to place in the dining room, or grandfather clock for the lobby.
 
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