Coat Racks and Stands
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Teak, Wood
Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XIII Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Pine
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
1890s Belgian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Foam, Polyester
2010s Chippendale Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s European Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan
1910s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
2010s French Industrial Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Foam, Polyester
1960s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Travertine
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Coat Racks and Stands
Pine
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Nickel
Late 19th Century British Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
2010s Belgian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
1960s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1950s European Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1930s Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Foam, Polyester
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Pine
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Foam, Polyester
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Regency Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
1950s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Aluminum
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1960s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Teak
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
Mid-20th Century French Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1980s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Nickel
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Marble
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Teak
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
1950s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan, Cane
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1660s Italian Hollywood Regency Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
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.