Description: Vintage 1950’s KOKEN 8 position red Hydraulic Barber Chair Sign/Ad Great Gift Idea First Class Shipping This is a colorful authentic reproduction of a new design KOKEN chair that was part of my dad's barbershop promotional sign. The original sign was found stacked away with other chair ads as he was always looking to buy another. This can be matted and framed or just hung with string as others were. I have included photos to view of where it was found. The colors of the sign are bright and measures 8 1/2" by 11". HISTORY A barber chair is a chair for customers to a barber or hairdresser. The chairs usually have adjustable height (with a foot-operated jack or a hand operated lever on the side). It can also rotate, or lean backwards (for hairwashing). They are normally made from metal and leather and are usually pretty heavy. Barber chairs in engravings from the Civil War era share many features with modern chairs, including high seating, upholstery, and a footrest. The first factory-manufactured chairs date to around 1850. The first one-piece reclining barber chair with an attached footrest was patented in 1878 by the Archer Company of Saint Louis. Archer quickly followed it with a chair that raised and lowered mechanically. Eugene Berninghaus of Cincinnati improved on Archer's design with the first reclining and revolving chair, the Paragon. Theodore Koch of Chicago incorporated all of these innovations into his chairs, selling more than 35,000 chairs in the period before 1885. In 1897, Samuel Kline (of the Kline Chair Company patented a chair and filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Theodore Koch in 1905 (but was overturned). In 1904, Kline filed a patent for an "adjustable chair" which was granted in 1907. In 1900, Ernest Koken, a German immigrant, created a hydraulic-operated chair and also patented the "joystick" side lever, which allowed a barber to control all the mechanical functions. In the late 1950s, US-based barber chair manufactures sold about 10,000 chairs a year to the 100,000 barber shops. Chicago-based Emil J. Paidar Company was a leading manufacturer of barber chairs in the late 1950s Belmont was and American Barber Chair Company from 1948 to 1956 which chair were spinoffs from the Koken Chair. Starting in 1957,Belmont joined Osaka, Japan's Takara Belmont Company began importing almost exact duplicates of Paidar chairs--at 20%-30% less cost. By 1970, Takara had 70% of the US market, beating out Paidar who once held the same amount. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. I will always combine shipping costs for multiple purchases to save you as much money as possible. Just purchase the item but DO NOT PAY UNTIL I RESEND
Price: 3.99 USD
Location: Lockport, New York
End Time: 2025-01-04T18:56:31.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3.45 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Featured Refinements: Vintage Barber Chair
Maker: KOKEN
