These cabinets are in the living room of a 1939 home in the Midwestern USA. They are original to the house and are part of a set of built-in bookshelves.
There are two cabinets like this, one on each side of the room. Each has a shelf angled towards the back of the cabinet. This is NOT simply a piece of wood that doesn’t fit, as the pieces of wood that it’s resting on are angled as well. It was designed to be like this.
What was this intended to store?
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