Thread: My own barber chair

Hello

I brought this chair in France, on a flee market, it's a "triumph" (maybe made by Koken in St Louis), is there any expert to date it ( my feeling is 1920 to early 1930), and to confirm me that's a koken made chair ?








Regards folks !

That's beautiful! Thanks for the pics!

It says Triumph...where does it also say Koken?

How cool is that! Thanks for sharing.

Nice chair.

Originally Posted by smalltank

It says Triumph...where does it also say Koken?

It does not says Koken, but a lot of parts looks similar, and I found on the net some association between Koken and Triumph (made in england, maybe build under licence)

A part of the mystery is discover
"As we sipped our beverages we tried to take in the cool atmosphere all at once, but there is so much neat stuff to look at – Bob’s Big Boy figurines, H.R. Pufnstuf posters, vintage soda dispensers, barber chairs made by Triumph motercycles and more – a wonderful overload of vintage cool."

info found there :

John

A friend of mine on a french razors forum said to me that the Ford compagny has also build barber's chairs !

Seeking information on the Chicago-made chairs. Mine is from the 30's methinks.

I need to clean up the hydraulics and need to know where to start yanking it apart.

or i'll part it out. but i'd rather fix it. (it worked when it was "parked")

I can't help but ask how the original post date is 01-08-1970 ?
Maybe its a glitch on my phone...
Nice chair!
Eric