NZ Maori connection treen rack mystery

[David]

Originally Posted by Billman

Looks like a pipe rack - failry common in the Edwardian period, when men smoked pipes rather than cigarettes...

It would be a shame to alter it...

Agreed Billman, i thought it was a pipe rack as well....and also that it would be a shame to alter it both from a historical and monetary sensibility.
....but it is still full of mysteries....

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by David

Agreed Billman, i thought it was a pipe rack as well....and also that it would be a shame to alter it both from a historical and monetary sensibility.
....but it is still full of mysteries....

Agreed. My plan now is careful restoration and it'll go on show with small objects on the lower large shelf. I love it to be honest!

Edit: would have made a nice dagger rack though

[VANDOO]

I ONLY KNOW WHAT LITTLE I HAVE SEEN IN MOVIES OR ON TV ABOUT ENGLISH GENTLEMANS CLUBS. PERHAPS A EXCLUSIVE GENTLEMANS CLUB OF THE PERIOD WOULD HAVE HAD SUCH A PIPE RACK AT THE CLUB FOR THE MEMBERS TO LEAVE THEIR PIPES AT THE CLUB. THE STEWARD COULD BRING THEM THEIR PIPE AND SOME TOBACCO WHEN REQUESTED. THEY COULD SMOKE AT THE CLUB EVEN IF THEIR WIFE DISSAPROVED OF THE HABIT IN THE HOME. THE ITEM IS CERTIANLY OF THE HIGH QUALITY WORKMANSHIP REQUIRED BY THE WEALTHY WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF SUCH CLUBS. JUST A THOUGHT