Coat Racks and Stands
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
2010s Polish Coat Racks and Stands
Blown Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Iron
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Beech
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Steel, Gold Plate
1940s Dutch Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Early 20th Century French Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s European Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Wrought Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Minimalist Coat Racks and Stands
Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic, Cork
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century American French Provincial Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Walnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Leather
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Steel, Chrome, Iron
Early 1900s French Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1880s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Indian British Colonial Coat Racks and Stands
Mahogany
20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Pine
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Late 19th Century Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron, Nickel, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic, Mirror
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Mirror
Early 1900s Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
19th Century French Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Ebony
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
20th Century French Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Maple
1950s Late Victorian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Coat Racks and Stands
Stainless Steel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rattan
Early 20th Century Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Nickel
1920s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Chrome
1940s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Plastic
Late 20th Century American Adirondack Coat Racks and Stands
Antler, Wood
Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
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.