Touch history... Design the Future! Bienenstock Furniture Library, founded 1970, is a worldwide research facility and a center for design & collaboration. Significant among the Library's 5000+ holdings are an international collection of rare books published since 1640 – including complete original works of Chippendale, Sheraton, Hepplewhite, and Diderot's encyclopedia – plus modern international works. The Library operates a specialty bookstore selling significant contemporary books & out-of-print and hard-to-find volumes. Most Library services are free. The Library is open to the public and welcomes professionals & scholars for research, collaboration, meetings, seminars, lectures, and events.