Coat Racks and Stands
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Teak
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
2010s Finnish Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1970s European Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
1950s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
Late 20th Century Spanish Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
20th Century Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1980s Italian Other Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s German Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
1950s American Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
20th Century English Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rattan, Wood
Mid-19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Concrete
1950s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
20th Century Danish French Provincial Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan, Mirror
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Coat Racks and Stands
Paint
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Iron
1760s Italian Adirondack Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
1960s Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
1950s Austrian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel
1990s Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rattan
1980s Canadian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Stainless Steel
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Aluminum
20th Century Italian Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s European Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Ceramic, Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s Polish Coat Racks and Stands
Blown Glass
1910s Austrian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
2010s British Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s Indonesian Coat Racks and Stands
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Folk Art Coat Racks and Stands
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary French Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Late 20th Century Victorian Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Mirror, Wood
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.