Coat Racks and Stands
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Faux Bamboo, Mirror
19th Century British Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1880s English Gothic Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
1940s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Late 19th Century British Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
Mid-19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
Late 19th Century French Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron, Zinc
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rosewood, Teak
19th Century English Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Glass, Walnut
19th Century English Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Rosewood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1870s French Gothic Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
1880s Art Deco Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1940s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Leather
1940s Italian Other Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Mid-19th Century British Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1940s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 19th Century American Primitive Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1880s French Renaissance Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Early 19th Century Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Early 19th Century Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1880s Czech Mid-Century Modern Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
19th Century British Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 19th Century English Industrial Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
19th Century European Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
1890s German Folk Art Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1880s Dutch Renaissance Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1940s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
19th Century French Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
19th Century French Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Fabric, Wood
19th Century Scottish Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1880s Swiss Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Late 19th Century British Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
19th Century Scottish Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
1890s French Japonisme Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Birdseye Maple
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1890s Belgian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1890s Italian Moorish Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1870s Scottish Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Mirror
19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Marble
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1880s European Late Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Beech, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Leather, Wood
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Pine
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.