Coat Racks and Stands
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Chrome
1940s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Maple
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Masonite, Pine, Leather
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, 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.