Coat tree

(Memoirs 1980)
Then [in Frankie's living room] was a brass "tree" for hanging your hat and coat.  I frequently hung my red slicker there, and Cousin Frankie said one day, "Whenever I see that, I am reminded of a big red pepper."  Lorin sometimes hung his yellow slicker there too, but it always looked out of place with its black slogans and college guff.