Vintage Brass Coat Rack Salesman Sample doughboy Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk

Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk

Nye Tool & Machine Works - Chicago

Produced by an American craftsman or small studio during the late 20th century

with losses present to the textile trim

MM - 5757 - 100623

Vintage Brass Coat Rack Salesman Sample doughboy Ernst Paul Lehmann PatentwerkMiniature brass finished salesman sample coat rack featuring a tubular metal construction with upper garment hooks, lower accessory hooks, and tripod form base terminating in rounded ball feet. The piece replicates the form and function of full size freestanding hall trees and garment racks commonly used in offices, hotels, barber shops, and commercial interiors during the mid 20th century. The compact proportions suggest use as a traveling sales