Coat Racks and Stands
1660s Italian Hollywood Regency Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wire, Metal
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Copper
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Mirror
Mid-20th Century European Black Forest Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Maple
20th Century French Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century Victorian Coat Racks and Stands
Beech, Bentwood
1960s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wicker
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Organic Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic, Lucite
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Marble, Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
20th Century American Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Chrome
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Chrome
Late 20th Century Dutch Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
19th Century Dutch Renaissance Revival Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
Early 2000s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Rattan
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel, Iron
2010s American Industrial Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1970s North American Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1960s Dutch Industrial Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American French Provincial Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plywood
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Zinc
Late 20th Century Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Nickel
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
19th Century Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Marble, Brass
Mid-19th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Aluminum
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Suede
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Marble, Brass
1890s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
19th Century Swiss Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 19th Century Austrian Black Forest Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Fur, Glass, Wood, Horn
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Rope, Walnut
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Coat Racks and Stands
Mahogany, Pine
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
2010s Australian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1930s Spanish Rustic Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
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.