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Another way to encourage your cat to scratch and also not be an ugly tower are metal étagères.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2024

And in the planning a year from now, there might be four étagères added that go in the center of the room — how do we address them?

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2022

By the time I graduated, I’d filled three Billy Baldwin-style étagères.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

Yonder, a wealth of silks and lacquer finds a resting-place in the carved black-walnut étagères of Japan.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various

Odd étagères, hanging and standing, and a large solid walnut case, were all well filled with books, and other books were carefully arranged on a table in the centre of the room.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. by Various