Frame for furniture, in particular for display cabinets and showcases

In a frame for furniture, display cabinets and showcases having plural profiles which form frame walls and at least one corner piece to which said profiles are connected, wherein at least one profile abuts end-to-end with an associated end surface of said corner piece and is pulled thereagainst by means of at least one screw on said associated end surface, said screw having an enlarged head which rests on said corner piece and is screwed into the abutting profile, comprising the improvement wherein said corner piece is of a hollow construction and has on at least one end thereof an end wall, said end wall having means defining a hole therethrough, said screw being received in said hole with the enlarged head thereof resting on the inside surface of said end wall, said corner piece having a lateral opening in a sidewall thereof adjacent said enlarged head of said screw and through which said enlarged head is accessible in a direction transverse of the longitudinal axis of said screw, whereby a rotating of said screw about said longitudinal axis thereof will effect a pulling of said end surface of said profile against the outer surface of said end wall.