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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 celebrated 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.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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
Coat and Umbrella Stand model VIP by Paolo Orlandini & Roberto Lucci for Velca
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Introducing the epitome of timeless elegance and functionality - the Mid-Century Coat Rack and Umbrella Stand model VIP by Paolo Orlandini & Roberto Lucci for Velca, Italy 1970. Craf...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Concrete, Chrome

Wooden coat rack, Mid-Century style, 1950s
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Wooden coat rack, Mid-Century style, 1950s, Italy. Dark wood. Signs due to time and wear. Composed of a vertical rod crossed by hooks.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Mid Century Wall Coat Rack, Hooks, Italy, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very rare - elegant and representative.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Floor Hanger Ton / Thonet 1980s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
-Very good original condition. -Made of bent wood.
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1980s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood, Bentwood

Vintage Brass Coat Rack with Seven Swiveling Hooks, 1960s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Vintage mid-century modern brass coat rack featuring seven swiveling hooks, Austria, circa 1960s. This decorative rack is ideal for towels, kitchen items, or small coats. It is equi...
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Mid Century Retro Wrought Iron Mirrored Hat and Coat Rack
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Mid Century Retro Wrought Iron Mirrored Hat and Coat Rack This is a very stylish and heavy quality piece in wrought iron with 4 double hooks, and a good large mirror A very useful...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Iron

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Beech Valet Style Ico and Luisa Parisi, 1950s, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
A Mid-Century Modern vintage beech valet, Style Ico and Luisa Parisi, 1950s Italy. The valet shows amazing design features like a reduced X-form and gives an idea of the Italian desi...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Mid-Century German Space Age Tubular Metal Coat Rack, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare mid century tubular steel coat rack by bremshey & co, solingen. A timeless and functional design made of tubular steel. The whole stand is a slight arc. The lower rack consists...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Italian Vintage Coat Racks in metal e wood blue and beige
Located in Milano, IT
Step into the stylish world of 1950s Italian design, where form and function unite in a breathtaking modernist coat rack. This remarkable piece is a testament to the era's innovative...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass

Matthew Weatherly Thorn Coat Rack Free Standing Maple Wood Missouri
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Coat Rack designer Matthew Weatherly Thorn Coat Rack in maple wood free standing Handmade crafted in Missouri. Influenced by Danish design. Measur...
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Maple

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Beech Valet, Ico and Luisa Parisi style, Italy, 1958
Located in Vienna, AT
A Mid-Century Modern vintage beech valet, in the style of Ico and Luisa Parisi, by Reguitti, circa 1958, Italy and manufactured by Fratelli Reguitti, Italy. The manufacturer name is ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Beech

Midcentury wooden Design Wall Coat Rack by ÚLUV - Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- made by ÚLUV - Czechoslovakia - perfect original condition, refreshed - another one in different tone available jr
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Wood, Rope

Mid Century Chrome And Leatherette Hanger Wall By Dřevokov, Czechoslovakia, 1957
Located in Zohor, SK
A beautifully preserved vintage hanger wall designed and produced by Dřevokov in Czechoslovakia, 1957, original label present. This functional and striking piece exemplifies mid-cent...
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1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Stainless Steel

Mid Century Beech Gentleman’s Valet designed by Ico Parisi
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Mid Century Beech Gentleman’s Valet designed by Ico Parisi This wonderfully Stylish piece was designed in 1950 for Fratelli Reguitti it has the most superb detailed design The Valet...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Beech

Stylized Midcentury Bamboo Coat Tree After Franco Albini / Italy
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stylized midcentury Bamboo Coat Tree after Franco Albini / Italy. Wonderful original condition.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo

Good sturdy Art Deco Gentleman’s Floor Standing Valet or Suit Hanger
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Good sturdy Art Deco Gentleman’s Floor Standing Valet or Suit Hanger A very useful piece, the Valet or clothes stand is made in beech, it will accommodate jacket and trousers, but...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Beech

Chrome Plated Clothes Hanger by Carl Aubock
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A stainless steel sculptural clothes hanger.
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1970s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Stainless Steel

Goffredo Reggiani coat hanger from the 70s
Located in Uccle, BE
Goffredo Reggiani coat hanger from the 70s
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Post Modern Italian Sculpted Cherry Wood and Metal Clothing Valet by Porada
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Post Modern Italian sculpted cherry wood and metal clothing valet by Porada. Item features designed by Italian architectural team Maurizio Marconato...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Vintage Valet stand by Lucien De Roeck for Bois Manu - Belgium 1950s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Vintage Valet stand by Lucien De Roeck for Bois Manu - Belgium 1950s Rare vintage Edition - Belgium desingner Valet stand created in Belgium by Lucien de Roeck for wood Manu in the 1...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Floor Hanger Ton / Thonet 1980s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition. - Made of bent wood - Manufacturer TON
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1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Wood

Arspect-Spectrum Coat Rack Rare Edition 1974, Esh Wood Netherlands
By Arspect
Located in Oirlo, LI
Arspect-Spectrum Coat rack Rare edition 1974, Essenhout Netherlands. We bought this rare coat rack from a sales representative's estate, which no longer...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Ash

Golden Floor Stand Coat Rack with Umbrella and Walking Sticks Stand, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful fifties coat-rack. Heavy high quality brass aluminium round frame with nine hooks it has the ability to turn around so that you can always find your coat without having to ...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Aluminum

Italian Coat Rak - 1980s
Located in Uccle, Bruxelles
Splendid Italian coat rack designed in the 1980s. This coat rack, made entirely of metal, features two yellow shelves and a spacious black drawer. It also has four plastic hooks for...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Wood + Glass Wall Mounted Coat Rack, Italy 1960s
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1960s Italian rectangular wall mounted coat rack composed of wood in a warm, cherry hue. This coat rack features three exaggerated round glass knobs and patinated brass hardware. S...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Glass, Wood

Coat Racks Set of Two Italian Production from the Sixties
Located in bari, IT
Set of two coat racks if necessary also separè in wood and metal worked Italian production 1960s. The height can vary to a maximum of 300 cm as the height from the ground. Measur...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pair of Brass Wall Hooks Walter Bosse, 1950s, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
This rare Mid-Century Modern vintage pair of brass wall hooks "Max & Moritz" was designed by Walter Bosse 1950s Austria. The figures “Max & Moritz" are reminiscent of Wilhelm Busch...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Unusual 1950s Modernist Store Display, HOSIERY, articulating wood legs
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual 1950s Modernist Department Store Display for HOSIERY, womans nylon stockings.... articulating wood legs to display 3 differant styles / shades / colors.. Wonderful vintage it...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Orange Spage Age Wall Coat Rack, 1960s
Located in Oirlo, LI
This is a very nice separate wall coat rack with white hooks. The back is made of white metal with beautiful plastic orange round scales with a hook ...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Mid-Century Corner Coat Rack in Metal, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Corner Coat Rack in Metal, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969. Additional information: Materials: Metal Color: Black S...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Oval Vintage Rattan Coat Wall Hooks, Italy, circa 1960
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern oval vintage rattan wall coat hooks circa 1960, which was designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960. The rattan hooks feature an o...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Rattan

Italian 1950's Bamboo Wall Mounted Coat or Hat Rack
Located in New York, NY
A charming Italian 1950's bamboo wall mounted coat or hat rack, with three ample hooks, ready to be hung and decorative scroll motifs throughout the rectangular frieze. An elegant an...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo

Black Metal and Steel Sculpture Clothes Hangers, Italy, 1970s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Black metal and steel sculpture clothes hangers, Italy, 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Metal, Chrome

An Italian 1950's split cane bamboo and rattan coat hook by Olaf Von Bohr
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1950's split cane bamboo and rattan coat hook by Olaf Von Bohr with four dark teak wooden hooks.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Rattan, Teak

Set of Four Rare Coat Hangers, Ingo Maurer and Danilo Silvestrin, Italy, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- space age style - rare type and colors - marked by labels
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Plastic

B.B.P.R. Metal Coat Hanger, Mod. Erato, Artemide, 1970s
Located in Argelato, BO
"Erato" metal coat racks by B.B.P.R. (Lodovico Barbariano di Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti e Ernesto N. Rogers) for Artemide.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass

Italian Metal WIre and Brass 1950s Wall Coat Hanger
Located in Milan, IT
Metal wire and Brass wall coat hanger. Mategot style.
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1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Metal Clothes Hanger
Located in MIlano, IT
Mid-century metal clothes hanger. Clothes hanger in ochre metal, with worked legs. Good condition. Measurements: 157 x 51 x 135 H cm.  
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

French Mid-Century Valet
Located in Austin, TX
Valet from mid-century France. This piece is made of mahogany that has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish. One side supports a coat hanger and mirror, while the...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Carlo De Carli wooden coat hanger from the 70s
Located in bari, IT
Coat hanger in red lacquered wood with steel inserts designer Carlo De Carli for Fiarm early 70s
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Steel

Midcentury Wall Brass Coat Rack, Germany, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very rare type.
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass

Mid-century Coat Hanger with Folding Shelf, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage wooden coat hanger with a slatted folding shelf. Good vintage condition.
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Postmodern Coat Rack with Four Arms, Umbrella Holder and Black Vinyl Spheres
Located in Budapest, HU
"Postmodern metal coat rack with four arms, umbrella holder, ending in black vinyl spheres. Class and durability, fully functional with some parts being rusty and showing signs of ab...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Modern Vintage Mirror Etched Glass Rack Towel Key Coat 1950s Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage coat rack from mirror glass with etched flowers 1950s Italy. An amazing board or rack from mirror with etched flower design and three metal hooks for towels, keys or coats. This mirror glass rack shows good condition with signs of age and use like desirable mirror patina. It works perfect as towel rack in your bathroom or kitchen with its sophisticated and charming vibes and feels as well as coat or key rack in your entry way. This mirror rack...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Glass

Midcentury French Riviera Rattan and Bamboo Wall Coat Rack Stand, Italy, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
A wall Wall Coat Rack made in Italy between 1960 and 1970. Completely made with natural fibers, thick bamboo canes were used to make them, to which 2 handmade hooks in flexed rush kn...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Rattan

Black Painted Metal & Golden Anodized Aluminum 1950s Coat Rack
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Wall coat rack made from black painted metal ribbon-shape support with 6 golden aluminum hooks.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Aluminum, Iron

Yellow Painted Valet Stand
Located in London, GB
This 1960s Swedish valet stand combines functionality with the clean, minimalist aesthetic that defines mid-century Scandinavian design. Its vibrant yellow finish adds a playful yet ...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Coat Stand with Metal Coat Hooks, Austria, 1970
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage oak wall-mounted wardrobe or coat rack with nine loose black lacquered metal hooks. The natural lacquered oak slats are con...
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1970s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Gilt Metal Coat Rack, circa 1970-1980
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilt metal coat rack, circa 1970-1980.
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1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Coat Rack Shelf in Mirror, Brass and Glass Fontana Arte Style, Italy 1950s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful wall-mounted coat rack in mirror with a top glass shelf supported by brass structure featuring four circular hooks in glass and brass in the style of Fontana Ar...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass

String Coat Rack Plus Original Hooks Bauhaus Style by K. Fichtel Erlau Germany
By Erlau AG, Karl Fichtel
Located in Vienna, AT
String Coat rack with hooks designed by Karl Fichtel for Drahtwerke Erlau, Germany around 1955. Its quite reduced visual character shows strong re...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Brass, Wire

QUADRO Wardrobe set, Jürgen Lange, Schönbuch
Located in Neuss, NW
Seven-piece Space Age QUADRO wardrobe set by Jürgen Lange for Schönbuch from the 1970s. Plastic frame with two mirrors, three coat racks, a wall shelf and a coat hanger in yellow. Q...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Brass Wall Coat Rack with Horse Head Decor Circa 1960/1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Brass Wall Coat Rack with Horse Head Decor Circa 1960/1970 in the style of Maison Jansen
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Brass

Midcentury Black Metal and Brass Sputnik Style Coat Stand
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Very elegant and refined coat stand in the beloved Sputnik style which was very popular during the 1950s. The base is made of black powder coated steel. It has coat hangers on two le...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Brass, Steel

Mid-Century Modern Italian Wall-Mounted Hall-Stand or Coat Rack in Chestnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Hall stand or coat rack, chestnut, glass, Italy, 1950s A remarkable piece of mid-century modern design: a large, wall-mounted coat rack or hall stand, executed in chestnut wood. Cra...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Glass, Chestnut

Mid-Century Modern Wall-Mounted Hall-Stand or Coat Rack
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
Interesting wooden panel with a useful coat rack to install at the entrance to your house or bedroom.
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Mid-20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Wood

Floor-to-ceiling coat rack by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno in leather and wood, 1961
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Floor/ceiling coat rack designed by Osvaldo Borsani and produced by Tecno in 1961, the central shaft is covered in leather, here in a rare red version and stitched by hand. The sphe...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Leather, Wood

Pair of 89" Tall Brass Custom Decorative Textile Fabric Towel Racks Displays
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of 89" Tall Brass Custom Decorative Textile Fabric Towel Racks Displays
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Brass

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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