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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
Early 2000s European Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
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 German Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
20th Century Taiwanese Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Bronze
1990s Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Granite, Marble, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1970s European Vintage Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
2010s Turkish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s American Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
2010s German Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
2010s Danish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Limestone, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Hardwood
2010s American Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s Danish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Plastic
2010s Danish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel, Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s German Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Foam
2010s Mexican Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Stone, Metal, Brass
2010s German Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Beech
2010s Turkish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s European Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Wood