Coat Racks and Stands
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Beech, Bentwood
19th Century French Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Fruitwood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Mid-19th Century Welsh Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Mirror
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Crystal
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s European Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Leather
19th Century British Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
19th Century British Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
Mid-19th Century American Eastlake Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1890s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Bentwood
Late 19th Century English Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Stainless Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Marble
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Glass, Chestnut
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo
19th Century French Provincial Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Goatskin, Wood
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1880s Country Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Late 19th Century European Gothic Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan, Teak
1950s Italian 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
Aluminum, Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Glass
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1950s French Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Leather
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Pine
19th Century English Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Mahogany
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
19th Century English Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
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.