Coat Racks and Stands
2010s French Coat Racks and Stands
Quartz, Marble, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rattan
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Mirror, Bamboo
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Rope
2010s American Minimalist Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Stainless Steel
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
19th Century Central American Adirondack Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Late 20th Century Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Onyx, Brass
2010s American Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
1940s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Rattan
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts Coat Racks and Stands
Copper
1960s Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Nickel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
1690s Italian Hollywood Regency Antique Coat Racks and Stands
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Rattan, Mirror
2010s Spanish Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
2010s Polish Organic Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metallic Thread
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Mirror, Rattan, Cane, Wicker
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Rattan, Mirror
2010s German Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
2010s Polish Organic Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
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.