Coat Racks and Stands
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1990s Dutch Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Cherry
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 20th Century American Victorian Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel, Iron
1880s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Lucite
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Wicker, Mirror, Wood
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
1880s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood, Beech
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Space Age Coat Racks and Stands
Iron, Nickel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Mahogany
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
19th Century Italian Other Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Bronze
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Mirror, Oak
Early 1900s Swiss Black Forest Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Faux Bamboo
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1870s American Gothic Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century French Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron, Zinc
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
Mid-19th Century American Primitive Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
1950s Belgian Bauhaus Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Chrome
2010s Moroccan Arts and Crafts Coat Racks and Stands
Clay, Earthenware
Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Paint
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Beech
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
2010s German Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Mirror, Wood
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1940s European Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
1940s Dutch Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rope
Early 1900s French Renaissance Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
19th Century German Black Forest Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak, Antler
1950s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 20th Century American Victorian Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage 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.