Tomado - A. Dekker - Wall shelf unit - Steel - Noted

Vintage wall rack original Tomado by Adriaan Dekker.

An original rack made in the Netherlands in the 1960s.
See the stamped brand marks TOMADO HOLLAND on both the supporting frames and the shelves.
It consists of 5 parts, 2 black frames and 3 shelves (1x red, 1 x yellow, 1 x gray).
The weight is 4.5 kg.
The overall dimensions w x d x h: 69 x 20 x 69 cm.
The rack is in good used condition. Original lacquer, and nowhere updated.
Normal signs of use are visible.

It has been neatly cleaned and is ready for use. The assembly is very simple.
The shelves can be interchanged and the height is adjustable.

Look carefully at the photos; they are part of the description.
This beautiful wall rack is carefully packed and shipped quickly.

The company Tomado was founded in 1923 in Dordrecht by the brothers Van der Togt.
TOMADO stands for: van der TOgt Massa Artikelen DOdrecht.
Originally it was a small company that manufactured simple wallpaper-hangers from copper wire, with which photos could be hung on wallpaper. After the Dutch Housewives Association tasked the company with developing a metal drip rack, it began to grow and soon a factory was opened in Zwijndrecht. After World War II began the reconstruction period in which Tomado products stood as a symbol for the modern household. They became very popular, also in Belgium, and almost every household owned one or more Tomado products. Because of the brand's popularity the company grew rapidly in the 1950s.

In the early 1970s the Tomado factories went bankrupt when a flood of cheap articles from low-wage countries started. The company was acquired at the end of the 70s by the Belgian firm Bekaert. After the bankruptcy of Bekaert in 1986, many rights passed to Metaltex Nederland, part of the Swiss firm Metaltex.