Coat Racks and Stands
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
2010s Danish Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Ceramic, Wood
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Copper
Late 20th Century Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Chrome
1960s Italian French Provincial Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Ebony
1920s Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Glass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
1890s Dutch Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Zinc
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Chrome
1960s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Nickel
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood, Walnut
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Macassar, Oak, Walnut
Early 1900s French Renaissance Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 1900s French Country Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Hardwood
1880s Belgian French Provincial Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Copper, Steel
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Mid-20th Century Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
2010s Moroccan Arts and Crafts Coat Racks and Stands
Clay, Earthenware
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel
Late 19th Century Austrian Jugendstil Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Teak
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Glass, Walnut
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Walnut
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1990s Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 20th Century French Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
2010s German Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1880s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood, Beech
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Elm, Teak
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum, 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.