Abstract: A combined string basket and shelf system comprising at least one string basket stand (1, 2) of known type and being formed as an open stand having vertical stand tubes or corner posts (3, 4) and having slide bars (10, 11) for receiving projecting frame portions of string baskets (6) or boxes, and forming a first one of two connection elements for one or more connection and stabilization elements (9), and spaced from said string basket stand (1 or 2) a second connection element for another part of the connection and stabilization elements (9), which is a string shelf (9) having cross strings and longitudinal strings (14, 15), whereby the string shelf (9), via any optional cross string (14) and with the assistance of clips (16), can be connected easily releasably to any one of the longitudinal slide bars (10, 11) of the basket stand or stands (1, 2), and in which the string shelf, for bridging an exactly desired distance, extends a short or a long distance inside the stand entering between the vertical front a