Coat Racks and Stands
2010s Australian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Coat Racks and Stands
Stainless Steel
20th Century French Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
20th Century French Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1870s French French Provincial Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Pine
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
2010s Italian Coat Racks and Stands
Gold, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Marble, Chrome
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Organic Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic, Lucite
Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
Early 1900s French Beaux Arts Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Enamel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1920s Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Travertine, Brass
1970s North American Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Nickel
1940s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
20th Century French Art Nouveau Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Nickel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wire
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 20th Century English Victorian Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
2010s Polish Organic Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Stainless Steel
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Teak
Mid-19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Plastic
Late 20th Century Philippine Hollywood Regency Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Italian Coat Racks and Stands
Textile
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Scandinavian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
1920s Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 20th Century Austrian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Iron, Nickel
Late 20th Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rope
1970s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 20th Century Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
19th Century Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1890s Slovak Folk Art Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
20th Century Italian Renaissance Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Antique and Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Your guests might have to endure all kinds of harsh climes to get to your housewarming party, so let’s make sure their trusty overcoats and umbrellas have a home. Shop the antique and vintage coat racks and stands on 1stDibs today.
Coat racks, umbrella stands, wall-mounted hooks for outerwear — they’ve long served a practical purpose. In the days of travel by horse or foot, a guest might arrive on your doorstep bedraggled, windblown and often dripping with rain. While transportation has thankfully improved since then, a coat rack in the entryway or foyer of your home is still the beacon it was back then: It says, “Come in, where it’s dry and warm. Hang up your coat and stay a while.”
Coat stands are among history’s fairly rudimentary ideas, so it’s difficult to point to the original inventor of this eternally functional fixture, but Thomas Jefferson was said to have fashioned one of his own at Monticello. Jefferson, who would’ve made a great interior designer, placed a long wooden pole in his closet that was adorned with spokes from which his coats and other garments could be hung. The simplicity of Jefferson’s coat-tree is echoed in designs from the 18th and 19th centuries.
The timeless convenience of a wooden coat rack has endured. While there are striking Art Deco coat stands made of oak and walnut that would meet your mudroom needs well, some of the product designers behind what we now call mid-century modern coat stands turned to materials other than wood, working frequently with plastic and chrome to create unconventional alternatives. Simpler and pared-down coat stands of the mid-20th century were occasionally so interesting in form that they could pass as minimalist sculptures when not in use. Some designers, such as Jacques Adnet, helped to redefine what these classic furnishings could look like, integrating saddle leather and brass and sometimes even horseshoes for his wall hooks and racks.
Although a coat rack is undoubtedly a practical investment, we know that fun comes along with functionality. There is plenty to explore in the collection of antique, vintage and contemporary coat racks and stands on 1stDibs, so go ahead — hang up your coat and stay a while.