Patent Model - Head-Rest for Barbers' Chairs
Maker and role
Thomas Patterson, Patentee
Production date
Apr 14 1885
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron, leather
Measurements
11 x 6 1/4 x 3 1/2" (27.9 x 15.9 x 8.9cm)
Description
Patterson's invention "relates to an improvement in head-rests for barbers' chairs; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices... The object of my invention is to provide a head-rest that is adapted to be folded back upon the chair when the customer desires to have his hair cut, so as to be out of the way." (Patent Number 315,540)
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Object number
2015.14.3540a,b
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