Coat Racks and Stands
1960s English Victorian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Czech Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Horn, Goat Hair
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s Spanish Rustic Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century American George III Coat Racks and Stands
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rattan, Bamboo
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
1960s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Marble, Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Goat Hair, Wood, Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Marble, Wrought Iron
1950s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Fruitwood
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1930s Czech Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Earthenware
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Teak
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Gold Plate, Metal, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Bohemian Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Crystal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Mirror, Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Nickel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
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.