I like the marbleized paint job on the back of the mannequin's stage.

While there's no date on this store directory, the reference to a "Status Jeans" department means it's probably not from any earlier than the late 1960's. It appears that the Quality Dress Salon is gone.

The Bamberger's name disappeared in the 1980's when Macy's, which had owned the company for decades, decided to put its own name on the stores including the Newark flagship store shown here. Although the Newark store closed around 1990, the huge building still stands, though except on the ground floor it's used for offices and other non-retail uses.

Kirk, where can I get some 'a 'dem heaters?

Samuel Gottscho didn’t answer the phone when Raymond Loewy called on that particular day?

A small stage set for the merchandise. The customers could walk behind the 'set', perhaps to lounges? That would be an interesting way to provide them and avoid ugly signage.

The branch of Bambergers in Princeton New Jersey that my family took me shopping at, in the mid 1960's, never had anything as luxe as this.
The only locations where they placed a couch would have been in furniture sales.

This display really makes me think of the Twilight Zone episode where the mannikins come to life after hours.

Shoulders courtesy Joan Crawford.