Vintage "Women" Mounted Etched Glass Pullman Car Restroom Sign bowser The hardware is constructed from

The hardware is constructed from (possibly) aluminum to give accurate

however these early versions were made of natural clay instead of the now-popular terracotta

is missing from this lamp

likely up until the early 1980s when GTE became defunct

Vintage "Women" Mounted Etched Glass Pullman Car Restroom Sign bowser The hardware is constructed fromc. 1920s 1930s; Pullman Company Chicago, IL Original etched glass WOMEN restroom sign from a Pullman railway car. The sign features reverse painted lettering on frosted glass set within a cast brass frame, once mounted above or beside the lavatory entry in luxury rail coaches. Its design reflects the refined industrial aesthetic of the Pullman Company's interwar interiors balancing clarity and decorum through understated Art Deco influence. Pullman,