Modern Hat 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Rope
2010s Canadian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Maple, Bentwood, Plywood
2010s American Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
1990s Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Nickel
1990s Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Maple, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s Danish Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Birch, Maple, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Chestnut, Nutwood
2010s Danish Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s Danish Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel, Chrome
2010s Danish Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel, Brass, Chrome
2010s Danish Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Nickel
2010s American Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Fabric, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Beech
2010s Italian Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Marble, Metal
Early 20th Century European Modern Hat Racks and Stands
Birch, Bentwood