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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
Period: Late 20th Century
Midcentury Wall Coat Rack Sputnik, Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno, Italy, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very practical - iconic model - space age style
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Coat Rack in the 1980s Memphis Style of Ettore Sottsass
Located in Beerse, VAN
Coat rack very much in the 1980s Memphis style founded by the Austrian/Italian Avant Garde designer Ettore Sottsass. Although some claim that the coat rack was designed by Ettore So...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Pair of Midcentury Wall Coat Racks Sputnik, Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno, Italy, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very practical - space age style - iconic model - rare in pair
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Teak Hangers by Aksel Kjersgaard, 1970s, Set of 5
Located in Porto, PT
Teak hangers by Aksel Kjersgaard, 1970s, Set of 5 Solid wooden round skandinavian design.
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Mid Century Coat Rack and Umbrella Stand Velca, Paolo Orlandini & Roberto Lucci
Located in Praha, CZ
- Pop art - Space age - Rare colored - Very practical - Marked.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Planta, Coathanger in Dark Beige by Piretti
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
Planta iconic coat rack. The coat rack hooks, can be set in or out and have multiple functions for hanging coats or clothes in different ways and have an umbrella stand. The coat ra...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Planta, Coatrack in Light Beige by Piretti
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
Planta iconic coat rack. The coat rack hooks, can be set in or out and have multiple functions for hanging coats or clothes in different ways and have an umbrella stand. The coat ra...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Planta, Coatrack in Black by Piretti
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
Planta iconic coat rack. The coat rack hooks, can be set in or out and have multiple functions for hanging coats or clothes in different ways and have an umbrella stand. The coat ra...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Charles & Ray Eames, Hang-It-All Coat Rack, 1979
Located in London, GB
The Hang it All coat rack was first designed for children in 1953. An icon of mid-century design, it was originally designed to encourage children to hang up their belongings. It has...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Steel

Ettore Sottsass Olivetti Synthesis Coat Rack
Located in BAARLO, LI
Coat rack by Memphis Milano legend Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti Synthesis. Sottsass designed the coat rack in 1973 as part of the 'Series 45' office furniture program. Cast aluminum ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Pair of Synthesis 45 Coat Hangers by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti 1970s
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of coat rack with umbrella holder, made of plastic material.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Mid-Century Pine Coat Rack, France
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century modern coat rack in the style of Charlotte Perriand's Les Arcs project, France. In very good original condition, requiring just two screws to hang. Made from turned pine,...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Pine

1970s Modernist Italian Coat Rack
Located in Oakland, CA
1970s modernist Italian coat rack in a honey colored lacquered birch. Multiple spheres on various branches to hold hats and coats with a wide base for stability. A very architectural...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Beech, Lacquer

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

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Wood

Luciano Bertoncini for Elco Set of 6 Wall Mirrors and Coat-Rack, "Gronda", 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Modular coat rack/mirror Mod. 'Gronda' Designed by Luciano Bertoncini and produced by Elco in the 1970s. Set of 6 modules with a fixed mirror part and a movable one that can be press...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Mirror

Mid-Century Rare Wall Coat Rack, Germany, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare type - very practical
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Aluminum

Mid-Century Rare Wall Coat Rack, Germany, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very rare type - practical - representative
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass

Pair of Coat Hooks Representative Characters from Comedia Del Arte in the Taste
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of hooks representing characters from Comedia Del Arte is made of plastic and brass. This is an Italian work in the style of Piero Fornasseti. Circa 1970
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Travertine + Chrome Coat Rack Attributed to Studio Alchimia, Italy 1970s
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1970s Italian coat rack attributed to Studio Alchimia featuring a porous, demilune travertine base with beautiful taupe and brown hues. Three angled chrome rods sprout from the bas...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Travertine, Metal

Midcentury Wood, Glass and Brass Coat Rack Herta Baller Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing large wall coat rack in wood, glass top shelf and six hooks in brass in the style of Walter Bosse and Herta Baller. Made in I...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass

Midcentury Bathroom Set of Three Towel Holder in Bamboo and Rattan, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful bathroom set of three towel holder in bamboo and rattan. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Bamboo / rattan has been polished by a professional restorer. Three diffe...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Cane, Rattan

1970s, Wall Hanger by Jan Kalous, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition. - Designer Jan Kalous - Made in Czechoslovakia.
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1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Set of Three Midcentury Wall Racks or Coat Hooks Schönbuch, Germany, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very rare type and color - practical - marked by label
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

80s hangers, Airon Milan
Located in SAN PIETRO MOSEZZO, NO
1980s coat stand produced by Airon Milano. Red and black lacquered metal frame. Adjustable height coat hooks and flag marker mounted at apex. Good vintage condition.
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

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

Cactus Coat Rack by Guido Drocco & Franco Mello for Gufram, 1960s
Located in amstelveen, NL
Iconic cactus coat rack in very good original condition. Signed #964/2000 Gufram Multiples '86. The Gufram Cactus is included in several museum collections around the world and docum...
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1980s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Fabric

1970s Black Bentwood Coat Hanger by TON , Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- bentwood beech wood stained in black color - Good original condition with minor signs of wear
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1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Beech

Chromed Steel Coat Rack Coat Tree by Sidse Werner for Fritz Hansen, 1970s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
Chromed steel coat rack 'Coat Tree' by Sidse Werner for Fritz Hansen, 1990s Iconic coat rack designed during seventies by Sidse Werner for Fritz Hansen. The Coat Tree, or "tree with ...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Chrome

Mid-Century Wall Mounted Coat Rack Czechoslovakia , 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
- good condition - cleaned - made in czechoslovakia - signatured
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1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Mirror, Plastic, Wood

Mid-century Chrome & Wood Hanger / Hook, Italy
Located in Praha, CZ
Chrome coat hanger or hook made in Italy in the 1970's. Very good vintage condition.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Chrome

CACTUS coat hanger 1970s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Cactus" coat hanger in painted metal with a plastic cap, Italy, 1970s. This coat hanger is a rare item.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Midcentury Makio Hasuike Green Steel Sculptural Italian Towel Rack, Gedy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lovely midcentury green towel rack designed by the famous Japanese designer Makio Hasuike for Gedy in Italy in the 1977. This gorgeous towel rack is made in a fantastic vibrant gre...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Salvino Marsura sculptural coat rack Italy 1970
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Sculptural coat rack designed by Salvino Marsura and made in his own atelier in Italy in 1970. This coat rack is both a work of art as a functional piece made from wrought iron that'...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wrought Iron

Kartell 'Model 4788' Coat Rack by Anna Castelli Ferrieri, 1980
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Kartell 'model 4788' coat rack as designed by Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Italy 1980s. Unique and eye-catching enameled metal wire grid with dark grey plastic base. This smar...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Sidse Werner Style Steel Tube 'Coat Tree' Coat Rack
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous, Mid-Century, 1970's, Sidse Werner style chrome tube 'coat tree' coat rack. Dynamic design and practical functionality highlighted by 8 bent steel tubes. Piece is in origina...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Steel

Iconic Wooden Coat Hanger by Luigi Sormani, 1970s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Beautiful and rare coat hanger designed by Luigi Sormani in the 60s. This coat hanger features lacquered white wood panels that create a nice contrast with the walnut finish. The bo...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

1985 Lande Black Enameled Coat Tree with Hangers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique, 1980s MOD black enameled vintage coat tree with heavy round base and matching hangers by Lande manufacturers out of Schijndel, The Netherland...
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1980s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Metal chrome and wood coat rack. Argentina, circa 1970.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Metal chrome and wood coat rack. Argentina, circa 1970.
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1970s Argentine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Chrome

Sciangai wooden coat hanger by De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi for Zanotta 1980s
Located in Padova, IT
Sciangai is a closable coat stand from Zanotta designed in 1973 by De Pas, D'Urbino and Lomazzi, a piece of history of the best Italian design at an international level, inspired by ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Luciano Frigerio Mid-century Modern Brass and Mirror Clothes Hangers, 1970s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Designed by Luciano Frigerio this delightful and unique mirrored coat hanger, divided into three mirror parts in rose gold and gray colored with 3 sculptural bronze plaques applied w...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass, Bronze

Black Sputnik Wall Hook Style Osvaldo Borsani Lacquered Wood and Metal
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
This rotatable clothes hook was produced in the 1970s and is reminiscent of designs by Osvaldo Borsani.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass

Coat Rack in black painted Metal, with blue and Red Wood Bowls, USA 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Metal Coat Rack with wood colored bowls. The metal structue is black, and the wood bowls are blue and Red.Made circa 1970 in United states.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Teak Hangers by Aksel Kjersgaard, 1970s, Set of 5
Located in Porto, PT
Teak hangers by Aksel Kjersgaard, 1970s, Set of 5 Solid wooden round skandinavian design.
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Wood

Vintage Towel or Small Coat Rack in Brass and Gold Chrome
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Decorative towel, kitchen or small coat rack with 5 articulating/foldable double hooks. It made from gold chromed metal, brass and plastic. Unknown maker circa 1970-80. Measurements:...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Brass, Chrome

Midcentury Floor Coat Rack Gedy, Makio Hasuike, Italy, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very practical - marked
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Metal

1970s Iron Coat Rack, Italy
Located in Praha, CZ
- good original condition with minor signs of use
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Iron

Italian Bamboo and Rattan Coat Hanger or Coat Rack, 1970s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Olaf von Bohr designed for Bonacina bamboo and rattan coat rack Manufactured in Italy, circa 1970's Fine manufacturing with handwoven stitching detail Four wood coat hangers Interwov...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Rattan

1980's Modernist Brass Valet Stand By Decorative Crafts Inc.
Located in New York, NY
1980's modernist brass valet stand by Decorative Crafts Inc. In vintage original condition with some wear and patina to the brass.
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Modern Vintage Valet White Gold Metal Brass Leather Lucite 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern Vintage valet or coat rack from metal, brass, leather and lucite in white and gold colors by Münchner Vereinigte Werkstätten, 1960s Germany. An elegant valet from metal with amazing brass details like a tray for your utensils like cufflinks. The hanger made from lucite is perfect to hang up your jacket, while the hager from leather takes your trousers in a sophisticated way. Through the circular base from cast iron cased...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Metal, Brass

Vintage / Midcentury Coat Rack from Luigi Sormani (Italy, 1970)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Garderobe Entwurf: Luigi Sormani, Italien um 1970 Modell-Nummer: - Ausführung: Luigi Sormani, Italien um 1970 Maße in cm (H x B x T): 182 x 94 x 25 Material: lackiertes Walnu...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Plastic, Laminate, Walnut

Achille & Piergiacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta Servomanto Coat Rack, Italy 1985
Located in Naples, IT
Coat stand from the Servi series by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, 1985. Base in black painted polypropylene. Support rod and coat-hook arms in painted steel.
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Steel

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

Materials

Plastic

Rattan and Brass Coat rack on stand. French Work. Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and decorative coat rack on stand is all made of rattan. This is a French Work. Circa 1970
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Rattan

Pine Coat Rack attr. Mario Ceroli, Italy, c.1970
Located in Surbiton, GB
Pine coat rack attributed to Marco Ceroli, Italy, c.1970. Mario Ceroli (1938) is one of the most influential artists of the Italian post-war period. Ceroli graduated from 'Accademia...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Pine

Italian Rattan Bamboo Wall Coat Rack Attributed to Franco Albini, Italy, 70s
Located in Lucija, SI
Very nice wall rack hanger in bamboo and rattan. Attributed to Franco Albini Made in Italy in the 70s
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Rattan

Midcentury Wall Coat Rack Octopus, Studio Halm, Germany, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very rare type - practical
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Plastic

pierre cardin 70s design coat rack
Located in taranto, IT
original 1970s coat rack, pierre cardin design Made of metallic gold-colored metal, shaped like the silhouette of a man measures over 1.50 meters high by 45 centimeters wide, in ve...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Organic Modern Vintage Rattan Bamboo Coat Hooks Franco Albini Franca Helg Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Organic vintage Cloth Hanger from bamboo rattan design attributed to Franco Albini and Franca Helg 1961 Italy. A wonderfully organic coat hook from bamboo rattan with two hooks in a...
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Rattan

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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