Modern Coat Racks and Stands
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
2010s American Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Cast Stone, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Foam
2010s Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
Early 20th Century European Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Birch, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Nickel
2010s American Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Hardwood, Ash
1930s Czech Vintage Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal, Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum, Iron
2010s Brazilian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s German Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
2010s French Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
2010s Danish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Marble, Steel
2010s French Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Ash
1980s Taiwanese Vintage Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
20th Century European Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
2010s Turkish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Late 20th Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s American Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Ash, Beech, Oak, Teak, Walnut
2010s Turkish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
2010s Belgian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
2010s Belgian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Ash, Beech, Oak, Teak, Walnut
2010s French Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Ash
2010s Belgian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
2010s French Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s Polish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s Korean Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s German Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s Danish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
2010s French Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Belgian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Ash, Beech, Oak, Teak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
1990s Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Concrete
2010s Danish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Other
2010s British Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Other
1990s Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Foam
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic, Wood