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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Edgar Frog, post: 4308056, member: 23644&quot;][ATTACH=full]349925[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349926[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349927[/ATTACH] Hello there,</p><p><br /></p><p>So I have this coat stand, I&#039;ve had it for many years at this point. This stand was about to be thrown into a skip on a job I was working on almost 20 years ago. It was a refurbishment of an old bank building. I asked the guy who was about to chuck it into the skip if I could have it, he asked his boss who said yeah sure take it away.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn&#039;t exactly interested in it because it was old or cool or anything like that, my girlfriend (now wife) had been complaining recently about the mess of coats in the hallway of our apartment. As I stood near the skip watching this guy about to fling this lovely stand into the skip I saw a free solution to my problem <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it stood in our various apartments over the years doing what it was designed to do. After we bought a house it sat in the hallway for a while then it ended up in the attic, my wife wanted to dump it, but I wouldn&#039;t let her. I carefully wrapped it up in some blankets and put it in the attic.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently came across it again and older wiser me realised this thing is actually really well made and may have some age to it. Upon inspection I found the label on the bottom. It says FISCHEL. I obviously&nbsp; started searching for it and found a good bit on the history of Bentwood furniture, Thonet being a very famous maker etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the reason for this post is I&#039;m having trouble pinning down exactly when this was made.I assume it can be pinpointed by the label type? I&#039;ve noticed a few different types as I looked. I&#039;ve also not found this stand with this particular label either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also I&#039;d like advice on what I should do to take care of it. From what I can tell it&#039;s completely original. We have never put anything onto it oils/wax etc etc. It only ever got a wipe down with a soft cloth. There is no woodworm on it either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the text wall <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>TLDR.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pulled from a skip 20 years ago in Dublin Ireland.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was made by Fischel in Czechoslovakia.</p><p><br /></p><p>it is just under 2 meters tall.</p><p><br /></p><p>The building was an old bank.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking for the time period it was manufactured and any other interesting information. Some links would be great.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is there anything specific I should do to take care of it?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve no interest in selling it but are they valuable?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve attached some pictures to help with identification.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you require any more pictures of information please let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards</p><p><br /></p><p>Edgar <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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