Coat Racks and Stands
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 1900s Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Glass
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Pine
Early 1900s Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 1900s French Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Nickel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Nickel
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Leather
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rope
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Leather, Oak
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rattan
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
1950s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan, Teak
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 1900s European Arts and Crafts Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum, Metal
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
Early 1900s Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Early 1900s Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Iron
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rope
1950s Late Victorian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
Early 1900s Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 1900s Art Deco Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
Early 1900s Primitive Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Mahogany
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.