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Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Vintage Revolving Brass and Varnished Iron Coat Rack, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. This coat rack features a varnished iron and brass frame. The upper part is revolving. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass, Iron

Midcentury Retro Wrought Iron Hat and Coat Rack
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Midcentury Retro Wrought Iron Hat and Coat Rack This is a very stylish and heavy quality piece in wrought iron with4 double hooks A very usef...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Iron

Set of Two Carl Auböck Midcentury Coat Brushes Designed
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a unique piece of Mid-Century Modern design. The two coat brushes were carefully hand crafted out of horn and densely endowed with goat hairs. They were produced in the r...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Horn, Goat Hair

1940s Oregon Pine Coat Rack with Pegs by André Sornay French Art Deco Modernist
Located in Lyon, FR
1940s Wall coat rack by French designer André Sornay. Structure in solid Oregon wood and veneer highlighted by a system of brass nails perfectly aligned underlining the sober and pur...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

20th Century Osvaldo Borsani Tecno Sky-Ground Coat Rack Mod. AT16, 60s
Located in Turin, Turin
Osvaldo Borsani in 1953, together with his brother Fulgenzio, realized his most complex project: a company idea named after the "techne" of the Greeks, which means both art and techn...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Steel, Aluminum

Set of 3 Vintage 1950s Hangers for Clothes
Located in Premariacco, IT
Set of three vintage hangers from the 1950s, entirely in wood with iron hanger. Solid and robust, they can also be used as furnishing and design elemen...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Iron

Midcentury Beech and Vinyl Gentleman's Valet Seat, Formax Valet by Breveitato
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Midcentury Beech and Vinyl gentleman's valet seat, Formax Valet by Breveitato, Dress Boy A very useful piece, the hanger or Valet is made in Beech, it w...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Beech

Italian Lacquered Wood Coat Hanger, 1970s
Located in Madrid, ES
Freestanding coat hanger of dark lacquered wood and chromed metal knobs. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Chrome

Midcentury Rattan Italian Coat Rack with Shelf, Franco Albini for Bonacina 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury bamboo and rattan coat hanger with integrated rattan shelf. Franco Albini and Franca Helg probably designed this fantastic piece for Pierantonio Bonacina in Ital...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wicker, Bamboo, Rattan

Folding Valet Stand
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Mexican valet stand, circa 1950, made of mahogany and brass accents.
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Italian Designer, Coat Rack, Bamboo, Rattan, Italy, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A bamboo and rattan coat rack designed and produced by an Italian Designer, Italy, 1960s.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Rattan

Midcentury Chrome and Vinyl Gentleman's Valet Seat, Suit Hanger 1950s Chrome
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Midcentury chrome and vinyl Gentleman's valet seat, Suit Hanger A 1950s chrome gentleman’s valet with a cream vinyl seat, beneath the seat there is a chr...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Mid-Century Valet or Butlers Chair in White Painted Wood with Gray Velvet Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique midcentury 1960s valet or butlers chair with newly painted white wood frame and new grey velvet upholstered seat. brass hardware in original condition with visible patina and ...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Velvet, Wood

Set of 8 Mid-Century Modern Wall Hooks by Schönbuch, Germany, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Beautifully curved. A great set consisting of eight single hooks which can be set differently to conjure a wonderful installation on the wall. Two different sizes of hooks. The sm...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Mathieu Matégot Coat Rack
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Coat rack designed by Mathieu Matégot in 1956. By Gubi, circa 2018. The Matégot coat rack celebrates organic forms and lightness of touch and is ...
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2010s French Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Vintage Modular Coat Rack, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Mid century modular wall mounted coat rack with hat storage. The hooks can be positioned as desired. Beautiful modernist design. Good...
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1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Italian, Mid-Century Modern Wood and Brass Wall Coat Hanger, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Mid-Century Modern wooden structure and three brass hooks wall coat hanger. Elegant wall coat hanger, with four brass hooks with a typical midcentury and sixties design. Even...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Round Hanging Coatrack 1970s Dutch
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice unique round shaped hanging coat rack. Beautiful drawing in the wood. comes with 5 aluminum hooks. In a remarkable good condition.
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1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Softwood

A beautiful Pair "Bauhaus Era" 1950s Minimalist Wall Coat Hook Wardrobe
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s wall coat or clothes hooks in the minimalist style of the renowned Deutsche Bauhaus. Nice addition to your room, entry hall or just for your collection of design ...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Aluminum, Metal

Jacob & Josef Kohn, Coat Rack, Wood, Vienna, Austria, 1890s
Located in High Point, NC
A bentwood coat rack designed and produced by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna, Austria, 1890s.
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1890s Austrian Antique Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Piero Fornasetti Red Wrought Iron and and Blue Glass Coat Stand, Italy, 1959
Located in Milan, IT
Rare and beautiful Piero Fornasetti red painted wrought iron and blue opaline glass sphere coat Stand, Italy, 1959 Reference: B. Fornasetti / La Bottega Fantastica / p. 514 Electa ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass, Wrought Iron

Italian Midcentury Wooden and Metal Folding Valet Stand by Fratelli Reguitti
Located in London, GB
Italian midcentury folding valet stand, black enamelled stand with brass and wooden brass by Fratelli Reguitti.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Gold Coat Rack w/ Heavy Black Base, Umbrella Holder, and Circular Hook Crown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage standing gold enameled metal coat rack. The coat rack has a circular hook crown at the top and an umbrella holder with weighted black painted base. In original condition with...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Luigi Caccia Dominioni Attribution, Coat Rack, Brass, Resin, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and resin coat rack; design and production attributed to Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Italy, 1950s.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Charlotte Perriand Large Coat Rack in Pine Wood for Les Arcs
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Coat rack designed by Charlotte Perriand for Les Arcs ski resort circa 1960, manufactured in France. Pinewood. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Pine

Wall Coat Rack with Lighting, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Good original condition. Wood and brass.
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Mid century atomic coat stand, 1950s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Fabulous XL modernist multicolour atomic coat stand. This remarkable coat stand has 12 coloured wooden balls. Suitable for hats, coats, etc... It...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Bamboo Coat Hook by Franco Albini, Italy 1950s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a Mid-Century Modern oval vintage rattan wall coat hook designed by Franco Albini (attr). The coat hook was designed and manufactured in Italy in 1960s. The rattan hooks...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo

Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Coat Hangers, Nickel-plated Brass, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A set of 5 nickel-plated brass coat hangers designed by Luigi Caccia Dominioni and produced by Azucena, Italy, 1950s.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass, Nickel

Solid Brass Shoe Horn with Horse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid brass shoe horn with a horse head finial handle - The piece is very substantial and comes with a small ring for hanging. A longer shoe horn i...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Large Carl Aubock Midcentury Walnut Ring Clothes Brush, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful large ring-shaped modernist wall-hung coat rack clothes brush from the 1950s. Designed and manufactured by Carl Aubock, Vienna, in the 1950s....
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Goat Hair, Wood, Walnut

1950s Design Mid-Century Modern Solid Teakwood Coat Rack with Hat Rack
Located in Lisse, NL
Great quality and condition midcentury wall coat rack. This beautifully designed, perfectly executed and highly practical midcentury coat rack could be the ideal piece to come home...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Teak

20th Century Ico Parisi Single Coat Rack in Wood with Metal Casters, Brown 1950s
Located in Turin, Turin
Ico Parisi was born in Palermo, Italy, in 1916, but as early as 1925 with his family he moved to Como, where in 1936 he graduated as a building surveyor and served an apprenticeship ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

20th Century Ico Parisi Double Coat Rack in Wood with Metal Casters, Dark, 1950s
Located in Turin, Turin
Ico Parisi was born in Palermo, Italy, in 1916, but as early as 1925 with his family he moved to Como, where in 1936 he graduated as a building surveyor and served an apprenticeship ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Coat Hat Rack with Shelf 4 Ball Hooks Swivel Mirror European
Located in New York, NY
European Mid-Century Modern entryway coat and hat rack featuring four coat ball hooks, top shelf for hats and original adjustable swiveling slightly dist...
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20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Coat Hanger, Wall Pannel, 1960s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Vintage wall coat hanger Manufacturer: Slovenia/Yugoslavia Period of production: 1960s Style: vintage, classic design, midcentury mod...
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1960s Slovenian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Set of Three Vintage Wall-Mounted Albisola Hand-Painted Earthenware Hooks, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. These wall-mounted coat hooks are made in hand-crafted and painted earthenware. They feature marine designs. The hooks are vintag...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Earthenware

Midcentury Retro Wrought Iron Hat and Coat Rack
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Midcentury retro wrought iron hat and coat rack. This is a very stylish and heavy quality piece in wrought iron with 5 double hooks. A very u...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wrought Iron

Vintage 1950s Italian Rolling Men’s Valet Stand in Wood and Brass
Located in Sofia, BG
Vintage 1950s Italian rolling men’s valet stand. This stand has two moving change compartments and a metal rack for pants storage. It also has an add...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Vintage Crystal and Brass Coat Racks by Luigi Brusotti 1950s
Located in Florence, IT
Vintage crystal and brass wall coat racks, midcentury era by Luigi Brusotti, Italy. 4 round crystal hooks and 3 brass hooks. Very heigh decorative object. Perfect vintage condition.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Crystal, Brass

Mid-Century Iron and Beech Wood Italian Foldable Valet Stand, Italy 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and rare midcentury Italian personal coat hanger in an understated modern style. This fantastic item was made in Italy in the 1960s and is...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Italian Brass Wall Mounted Coat Rack Shelf Attributed to Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This coat rack made by Fontana Arte in Italy. A beautiful example of elegant design.The coat rack was produced around the 1950s. The frame is made of brass with a glass parcel shelf ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Italian Designer, Coat Hanger, Brass, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass coat hanger designed and produced in Italy, 1940s.
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Large Italian Coat Rack by Giuseppe Rivadossi in Wood
Located in Milano, IT
Imposing and important clothes rack totem designed by Giuseppe Rivadossi in the 1970s. The entire garment rack is made of carved and patinated Oak Wood, polished finish. At the base ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Midcentury Design Coat Rack, 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
Midcentury design coat rack, 1970s.
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1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Le Corbusier LC17 Portemanteau Coat Rack by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Coat rack designed by Le Corbusier in 1957. Relaunched in 2010. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. This coat rack was originally created by Le Corbusier for the Cabanon, a summer-...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Italian, Mid-Century Modern Wood and Brass Wall Coat Hanger, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Mid-Century Modern wooden structure and four brass hooks wall coat hanger. Elegant wall coat hanger, with four brass hooks with a typical mid-century and sixties design. Even...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Wall Mounted Coat Rack, Brown Wood
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This coat rack is made of wood, brown in color. It was made in France around the 1950s. What is interesting is that it is foldable, and therefore its shape changes according to the d...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Two Vintage 1950s Hangers for Clothes
Located in Premariacco, IT
Pair of vintage hangers from the 1950s, entirely in wood with iron hanger. Solid and robust, they can also be used as furnishing and design elements ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Iron

Italian Midcentury Geometric Bedroom Clothes Hanger, 1950
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian midcentury geometric bedroom clothes hanger.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Antique French Bentwood Coat Stand, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique French bentwood coat stand. By unknown artist, France, circa 1940. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preservi...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bentwood

Walnut Coat Rack Iron Wood Mid-Century, Italy, 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-century coat rack from walnut with black iron, Italy 1960 Coatrack, wall wardrobe made from walnut wood and solid walnut knobs and iron hardware. It's a well-made piece that i...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Iron

Mid-Century Coat Rack by Drevokov, Czechoslovakia, 1960´S
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This hall coat rack was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1960s and produced by DREVOTVAR. Material: plywood, wood, leatherette, metal. It can be mounted on the wall or laid freely on the floor. It is a characteristic example of Czechoslovak furniture...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Coen de Vries Coat Rack for Devo, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Coat rack designed by Coen de Vries, circa 1950. Manufactured by Devo, Netherlands Lacquered steel frame. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and u...
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1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wire, Metal

Italian Mid-Centuty Modern Wall Brass and Glass Coat Racks, 1950
Located in Madrid, ES
An original pair of Italian glass and brass wall coat hungers. Excellent condition. Free packing and shipping.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Carl Auböck Four Midcentury Patinated Brass Wall Coat Hooks, 1950s, Austria
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful Austrian Mid-Century Modern solid brass hooks by Carl Auböck II from 1950s. They are made of patinated solid brass with polished details. ...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Italian Designer, Coat Hangers, Brass, Glass, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A set of 3 brass, glass coat hangers designed and produced by an Italian designer, Italy, 1940s.
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1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Up to 12 Austrian Modernist Solid Gold-Plated Coat Hangers from the 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Up to 12 beautiful and heavy chrome-plated hangers executed in Austria in the 1970s. Very solid and stylish pieces in excellent condition. Measures: 16 1...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Gold Plate, Metal, Steel

Mid-century Modern coat racks and stands for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern coat racks and stands for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage coat racks and stands created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, case pieces and storage cabinets, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern coat racks and stands made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Austria pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original coat racks and stands, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Fratelli Reguitti, Herta Baller, and Ico Parisi. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for coat racks and stands differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $16 and tops out at $25,000 while the average work can sell for $1,196.

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