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Mid-Century Modern Hat 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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Bent-Laminated Beech Figurative Valet in the Manner of Alvar Aalto, USA, 1950s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Playful bent-laminated beech valet in the shape of a standing figure, United States circa 1950. This piece can support a hat as well as jackets and features a solid beech "vide poche...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Beech

Live Edge Raw Walnut Modernist Wall Mounted Coat Hat Hanger / Shelf
Located in San Diego, CA
raw live edge wall hanging coat hat rack with shelf , nice versatile great for a cabin or any mid century , Danish modern home decor solid 3/4" thick walnut .with 5 pegs.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Walnut

Italian Designer, Hat Stand, Brass, Marble, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass hat stand designed and produced in Italy, c. 1940s.
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Marble, Brass

Mid-Century Electrimeufa Teak and Brass Coat Rack
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sophisticated, Electrimeufa manufactured, Mid-Century wall mount coat rack with teak frame and hooks and brass mesh top shelf. Attractive rustic style with soft edges and subtle pat...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Coen de Vries for Pilastro Colorful Wire Coat Rack with Shelf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cute wire coat rack by Coen de Vries for Pilastro. Pilastro was an Amsterdam company that proudly bore the Good Housing Quality Mark, an award given out by the publication of the "Go...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Wire

Italian 1960's Brass & Mirror Wall Mounted Hat/Coat Rack
Located in East Hampton, NY
This lovely vintage Italian wall mounted brass and mirror hat and coat rack - featuring brass hooks that slide along the lower rack for larger hanging items. The brass mirror is on ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Mid-Century Gold Toned Coat Rack with Hangers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century hospitality coat rack in handsome gold toned anodized aluminum. This type of rack is typically mounted at the entry of many of Amsterdam's great restaurants. It has an up...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Aluminum

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. An elegant and chic utilitarian addition to any foyer or mud room! Italy, circa 1950 Size: 17...
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1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo

Mid-Century Teak Slatted Wall Mount Coat Rack with Hat Shelf and 13 Hooks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury teak slatted wall mount coat rack with hat shelf and 13 black moveable hooks. In original condition with visible wear and patina including some en...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Midcentury Cocobolo Wood and Metal Wall Mounted Coat Rack with Hooks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wall mounted coat rack features 6 hooks on an cocobolo back with a metal hat rack and frame. It's in original condition with wear that's consistent with its age and use. Other w...
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

Materials

Metal

Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli Planta Folding Coat Rack c1972 MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli Mid Century Italian Modern Planta Folding Coat Rack Ambrela stand c1972 MINT!
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Acrylic

Mid-Century Teak Slatted Wall Mount Coat Rack with Mirror and Hooks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century teak slat wall mount entry hall coat rack. This piece features a hat shelf with cast aluminum frame, a vertical mirror and 11 cast aluminum hooks...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Teak

Mid-Century Borsani Style Solid Pine Coat Tree w/ 8 Rotating Ball Tipped Arms
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely Borsani style pine coat tree with 8 rotating ball tipped sputnik arms. The arms facilitate any number of configurations. Piece in original condition with some scratches and we...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Pine

Mid-Century Teak Large Wall Mount Coat Rack with Mirror, Shelf, Hat Rack & Hooks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury wall mounted coat rack with teak slats black. This entry hall coat rack has cast metal hooks, a hat rack top shelf, vertical mirror and key shelf....
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Mid Century Modern Gilt Cast Iron Faux Bamboo Clothing Valet Italy
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Gilt cast iron faux bamboo form valet with all the necessary racks for your daily clothes. Wear on top to the Gilt otherwise in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Iron

Midcentury Modern Hat Stand
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and well-made wood hat stand, Midcentury Modern period, circa mid-20th. A great piece for personal use or display. Very good condition as shown i...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Memphis Style Dark Gray Heavy Plastic Tree Coat Stand, Bonaldo, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This dark gray coat rack is designed to look like a tree with many branches or hooks, making room for plenty of jackets, sweaters, scarves, hats, and ot...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Acrylic

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Walnut Rope Seat Clothing Valet Yugoslavia
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and so functional. A place for all your stuff. Storage under the seat. Folds up. Created from walnut with brass hardware. Stylish rope seat is 17.75 in height. In excellent ...
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1960s Macedonian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Extra Long Mid-Century Teak Slat Wall Mounted Coat and Hat Rack or Shelf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large midcentury wall mounted teak slatted shelf or coat and hat rack. In original condition with wear and scratching consistent with age...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Teak

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 Hat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Lucite Sculpture Coat / Hat Standing Rack, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Lucite Sculpture Coat/Hat Standing Rack, 1970.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Lucite

Donald Deskey Mid Century Chrome Coat Rack
Located in Countryside, IL
Donald Deskey mid century chrome coat rack This coat rack measures: 18 wide x 18 deep x 67 inches high Excellent Vintage Condition. We take our photos in a controlled lighti...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Faux Bamboo Gilt Painted Valet Stand
Located in New York, NY
Mid-century faux bamboo valet stand with a painted brown and gold finish.
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Paint, Wood

Pair of Vintage Brass Wire Mannequin Heads / Hat Rack Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of vintage brass wire Mannequin Heads.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Pair of Mid-Century Bamboo and Wood Hooks Attributed to Vittorio Bonacina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of square Mid-Century bent bamboo wall mount coat hooks attributed to Vittorio Bonacina. In original condition with a great patina. Minimal bamboo breakage. A matching wall moun...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo

Italian Set of Four Brass Hat Wall Rack
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set if four Brass brackets - wall heat rack or coat hocks.  
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

Materials

Brass

Vintage Porcelain Hand Glove Mold Nickel Plated Jewelry Stand Sculpture 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Hand Glove Mold with Nickel Plated Finish and made out of Porcelain. Looks great as Sculpture or can be used as Jewlery Stand, Jewl...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Nickel

Ladies Happy Capper Straw Hat Field Co. Los Angeles Never Worn with String Tag
By Field Company
Located in Ferndale, MI
Fine condition probably never worn. Ladies or girls straw hat with black ribbon band and chin tie. Size of opening 6" x 6.5". Original cloth label reads Happy Cappers...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Straw, Ribbon

Two Peter Max Op Pop Mod Disco Era Mens Wide Ties
Located in Ferndale, MI
Two brightly colored ties in abstract design by Peter Max. On the wide side 4.75" at 54" long. Sold and labeled by famous mid west clothing store Hughes Hatcher Suffrin. Signed with ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Silk

French Hand Stitched Leather & Brass Coat and Hat Rack by Jacques Adnet, 1955
Located in New York, NY
Rare French Mid-Century Modern hand stitched leather and brass coat & hat or storage rack by Jacques Adnet circa 1955. Adnet defined luxury in France in the 1950 period with his piec...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Charles Hollis Jones Style Mid-Century Modern Lucite Coat Rack, Valet Stand
Located in Miami, FL
Unique Mid-Century Modern freestanding Lucite coat rack, coat stand, clothes tree from the Golden Nugget Casino. Useful for coats, jackets, clothes and h...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Lucite

Coen de Vries Style Wall Mount Coat and Hat Rack
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Triangular shaped black enameled metal wall mount coat rack with multi-colored hooks, and built in hat rack. In original condition with visible wear, including rust. Wear is consiste...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Metal

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 Hat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo

Italian Hat Rack, Old New Stock
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Great Italian hat rack. This was an old new stock frame and wood balls that have been newly painted. Frames were imported into the USA in the 1960s and remai...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

Italian Walnut Mid-Century Modern Gentleman's Valet, 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Raised on two trestle form legs and having an adjusting pants press and removable jacket hanger.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Walnut

Osvaldo Borsani Glass and Brass Wall Mounted Coat Hooks
Located in Hanover, MA
Original 1940's brass swiveling coat hooks mounted to a Vitrex tempered glass shelf designed by Osvaldo Borsani, Italy. See catalog image from the Borsani Archives. This shelf is meant to be mounted perpendicular to a wall with commercially available shelf mounting brackets or other hardware. (Shown here in a brass display stand...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Coat and Hat Tree by Vogel-Peterson
By Vogel Peterson Co 1
Located in South Charleston, WV
Modernist coat tree produced by Vogel-Peterson circa 1965. 71.5" tall, 21.25" wide and deep (stand) hanger section 17" wide. Holds hats and coats upon it's 6 removeable and full swivel hangers with chrome hat rack above. Perfect as an office valet...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Aluminum, Chrome

Brass and Wood Valet in the Manner of Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass and wood valet in the manner of Maison Jansen - a wonderful valet for the bedroom, dressing room or closet. Details on the brass and the pol...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Mid-Century Aluminum Coat Tree / Hat Rack
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century aluminum hat rack / coat tree with an iron circular base and two sets of metal hooks with black rubber tips.  
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Aluminum

Lady's Vintage Black Mink Hat by I. Magnin & Co. Circa 1965
Located in Incline Village, NV
Well made black mink hat designed and sold by I. Magnin & Company in the mid 1960's. The style, undoubtedly worn and made popular by Julie Christie in t...
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1860s American Antique Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

Materials

Fur

Brass Charles Hollis Jones Jewelry or Scarf Holder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Brass Jewelry or Scarf holder. The Base is acrylic and brass with ladder style holder that works for many items, from assorted jewelry, earrings, neckla...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Ico Parisi Italian Gentleman's Valet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning 1950s Italian valet on casters by Ico Parisi. The valet is very sturdy and is in excellent original condition. The piece can be refinished to a darker color if desired. ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Maple

Mid-Century Industrial Unfinished Metal and Mesh Multi-Hook Wall Rack
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Industrial patinated unfinished metal wall mounted coat / hat rack with three rows of hooks and two mesh metal shelves.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

Materials

Metal, Iron

Locker Room or Pool House Carriers or Hangers
Located in Sheffield, MA
Once used in locker rooms or public swimming pools where clothing, personal items or accessories are placed and checked. Individually marked for identification. These hanging caddies can be great in a guest bathroom...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Metal

Fedora and Hat Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
1950's men's grey fedora from Henry the Hatter since 1893 complete with a feather and a hat box decorated with big cats and jungle print. Hat size: 7.5.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

Materials

Feathers

Vintage, Mid Century, Italian Marble Door Stopper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian 1950s door stopper, in original condition tarnish brass. Portoro marble base is in good vintage condition. It can also be used as the hat rack or ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Marble, Brass

Carl Aubock Brass Coat Rack
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Austria, 1950s, solid cast bronze. Three sculptural biomorphic hooks mounted to a teak bracket. Bracket measures 32.75" x 2.75". Hooks are 7" x 4". Nice vintage example.
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Vintage Roger Feraud Hat Rack and Mirror
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage hat rack and mirror produced in the 1950s by French designer Roger Feraud. Sunburst design topped with primary colored wood balls. A jack-of-a...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Iron

Tall Solid Iron & Walnut Shelf 39 Wine Rack Bottle Capacity by Arthur Umanoff
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice versatile wine rack designed by Arthur Umanoff, with a solid butcher block walnut shelf and basket and iron frame American design.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Iron

Italian Cherry Valet Stand Dressboy in the Manner of Fratelli Reguitti, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
This chique dressboy features cherry base with brass details. Use for ties, suits, pants, jewelry, jackets, blouses, and dresses. It remains in good condition with wear consistent wi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

1950s French Leather Wrapped Coat Tree by Jacques Adnet
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A red leather coat and hat rack with hooks, rounded for mounting on pillars or columns.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Leather

Vintage Brass Jewelry or Tie Holder by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful brass jewelry or tie holder designed and manufactured by Charles Hollis Jones in the 1960s, the brass has a nice aged patina and is in good to exc...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Italian Coat and Hat Rack with Shelf
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern Italian coat and hat rack with shelf. Mahogany panel of spare design supporting three glass and brass coat hooks beneath brass clips supporting a glass shelf for ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Wood

Vintage Folding Valet Metal Stand by Fratelli Reguitti the 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Fratelli Reguitti stylish folding modernist metal valet stand from the 1950s. Mid-Century Italian Foldable Valet Stand in Iron and brass. Uni...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Italian Oval Vintage Rattan Coat Hooks Hanger
Located in Charleston, SC
Mid-Century Modern Oval Vintage Rattan Coat Hooks Hanger by Bonacina Italy 1960s. Attributed to Franco Albini.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Rattan

Mid-Century Modern Chrome Shirt Or Jewelry Floor Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern chrome shirt or jewelry floor stand.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hat Racks and Stands

Materials

Chrome

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

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern hat 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 hat racks and stands created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern hat racks and stands made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original hat racks and stands, popular names associated with this style include Fratelli Reguitti, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Ico Parisi, and Jacques Adnet. 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 hat 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 $175 and tops out at $14,900 while the average work can sell for $985.

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