Amberg House, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Photograph courtesy of the Joseph Messana Architectural Image Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.
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I have a library shelf and wonder where it came from and if the Amberg name is a household name in Michigan. I would love to know more about where it comes from and the purpose of it. In the middle of the shelf it has a pull out shelf that could be a great place to put a heavy book to puruse.