Europe - Racks and Stands

Stylish French Napoleon III 'porte revue' magazine rack or canterbury. Black lacquered and beautifully turned wood, this four-sectioned stand with an und...

Vintage mid-20th Century black steel hall, coat or hat stand. Lovely age and charm. Solid and strong with no loose joints. Overall maximum dimensions: 50cm diameter x 200cm high....

Antique Victorian quality mahogany towel rail having five quality mahogany turned rails supported by barley twist columns standing on cabriole legs...

Wonderful mid-century round decorative basket in curved bamboo, woven rattan and leather. This unique French Riviera style piece was designed in Italy during the 1960s. In amazing c...

Designed by Isabel Gamero and Jordi Pérez for BD, The Plec umbrella stand is a piece of simple, functional beauty. The uniform silhouette and semi-matte polished stainless steel make...

A set of three large and unusual brass wall hooks, handcrafted in the 1960s. Gently polished by hand, in excellent condition with nice patina. They have different sizes: The large c...

This is a striking vintage stick stand. An English, copper and brass umbrella rack in Art Deco revival taste, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970. A graceful reception hall p...

This is a good quality Victorian brass walking stick or umbrella stand, dating to the late 19th Century. It is a charming piece of a semicircula...

Stunning and elegant Vienna Secession umbrella stand. Striking Austrian design from the 1900s. Original patinated metal frame with original black lacquered metal drip section. This w...

Please read the full description we always provide detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our pieces. Original and elegant magazine rack in torto...

French Art Nouveau cast iron umbrella stand, circa 1900. Rare in this color. This exquisite French Art Nouveau umbrella stand dates back to circa 1900 and is crafted from high-qualit...

Liberty and Co. An Arts & Crafts oak hanging paper rack with central mirror, with an upper shelf and ebonised and boxwood square inlays, the storage compartment with leather straps.

Magazine tree, model 4765 by American designer Edward Wormley executed in birch and sap grain walnut, designed in 1947 for Dunbar Furniture USA. A very special, functional and aesth...

Enhance your hallway decor with the elegant and functional Emile Gallé hallway tree coat rack. Featuring exquisite craftsmanship and a timeless design. the coat rack comes with its ...

Designed for the Knize Taylor-shop in Vienna, Paris and Berlin. A three-hole, or a four-hole version is avaliable.

This rare pair of 1960s wall hooks by Salc Cantù embodies the space age aesthetic with its bold color contrast and functional design. Each hook is craf...

"Zanotta Servonotte Clothes Stand in Black Steel Frame by Achille Castiglioni Clothes-stand. Base in black or white painted polypropylene. Painted steel frame. Colours: black or whi...

Mid-Century Foldable Magazine Holder in Teak, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969. Additional information: Material: Teak Style: Mid-Century Modern Color: Beige It...

Luggage Rack Stanley with solid wood structure in varnished honey brown finish. With leather style straps. Folding luggage rack.

Rare lot of "Super" model brass coat hangers designed by the famous designer and architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena, Milan. The price refers to a single coat hanger, 6 are ...

Magnificent exhibition quality antique Black Forest bear tree hall stand has two spectacular quality carved bears consisting of the mother be...

Classic Carl Auböck newspaper tray in polished brass and leather in either black or brown.

A large and decorative wall-mounted Riviera Style coat & hat rack with five hooks from the 1960s. Designed by Italian designers Franca Helg & Franco Albini for Vittorio Bonacina, Ita...

We kindly ask you to read the description carefully, as it provides technical and historical details to ensure the authenticity of our items. This elegant magazine rack, with geometr...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Arts & Crafts Shapland & Petter Hall stand with hand hammered Copper panels over a Walnut frame with inset sheild mirror Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price A very good looking well made and decorative hat glove coat and scarf rack, this one is rare as it has the central mirror and its an earlier than usual example circa 1900 Made by Shapland & Petter, a full blub on their life and works can be found below In terms of the condition it is straight and solid, the piece sits well in any setting and looks decorative and very English country house, we have cleaned waxed and polished the timber, there is one hook slightly bent, otherwise its in fine order Dimensions Height:- 205cm Width:- 113cm Depth:- 40cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point, if you would like any additional or specific measurements please ask Shapland and Petter of Barnstaple Introduction This Barnstaple based company manufactured some of the finest pieces of furniture in Arts and Crafts style but very little has been written about the company or the pieces they produced. It a great shame that whilst Shapland and Petter pieces have been illustrated in books and auction catalogues they are invariably attributed to other makers such as Liberty and Co in London or Wylie and Lochhead in Glasgow. With this feature, we intend to inspire a more thorough appreciation of the work of the company; readers are invited to help with the task by sending photographs and information. Collectors and auction houses are now showing significantly more interest in Shapland and Petter pieces. The company, based in Barnstaple, England produced a very wide range of furniture in several different styles including many pieces in period reproduction and municipal style for town halls and commercial premises alongside their superb Arts and Crafts range Distinctive features of their superb Arts and Crafts style are the use of heart shaped piercing, geometric shapes with angled arches and the application of repousse copper panels. Decoration with marquetry, metal inlay, mounting of ceramic and enamel cabochons were techniques which they mastered with a combination of state of the art technology and traditional craftsmanship. Most distinctively, the pieces were extremely well made, with care and very best quality materials The growing interest in Shapland and Petter has raised many questions about the origins of the firm, and the sources of influence on their designs, some of which resemble designs by Ashbee, Ballie Scott, Voysey and Talwin Morris. Links have been assumed with Liberty and Co with the supposition Shapland and Petter worked on commissions for Liberty. There appears to be little evidence to support many of the assumptions which have developed around the company and this article is intended to help to start the discussion and to stimulate research The History of Shapland and Petter The Museum of North Devon in Barnstaple have an archive of Shapland and Petter which includes some company records and a small display of furniture and related items. The following text gives history of the company and is reproduced from the display boards in the museum with kind permission of North Devon Museums For over 100 years the Shapland and Petter factory has stood at the end of Barnstaple Long Bridge. Manufacturers of doors, door sets, and custom wood interiors, NT Shapland and Petter Ltd are still one of the towns largest employers. The company was established by Henry Shapland (b. 1823), a cabinet maker by trade. He embarked on a voyage to America in 1848, where he was inspired by an invention for a wave-moulding machine. He was only allowed to see it if he left the country immediately. Returning home with only rough notes, he reproduced the machine and in 1854 began a cabinet making business in one room at the Raleigh woolen mill in Pilton. Later the firm moved to Bear Street in Barnstaple. Henry Petter was an accountant who entered into partnership with Mr Shapland. The business progressed and in 1864 they bought the Raleigh Factory where Shapland first began his work. Success was rapid, but in 1888 the building burnt down. Immediately work began on a bigger and better factory - their present site by the Long Bridge - which included many modern inventions The two Henrys died within two years of each other - Petter in 1907 and Shapland in 1909. In 1924 Shapland and Petter merged with the Barnstaple Cabinet Company, producing North Devon's biggest industry. During the First World War Shapland and Petter's skilled craftsmen turned their hands to wooden propellers for the aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps. After the war, public tastes changed, and hand carved furniture was too expensive for many. Shapland and Petter's output now included elegant veneered pieces with smooth Art Deco lines. The company fitted out Pullman carriages and ocean liners and made hand-carved church furniture. The famous England Rugby Captain W. W. Wakefield was appointed Company Director in 1927. Throughout the depression of the late 1920's and early 1930's the company still managed to produce high quality work Furniture manufacturing continued until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. Many workers left to fight, while the factory worked on Air Ministry contracts for ammunition boxes. After the war came radio cabinets and laboratory and contract furniture, until eventually large quantities of doors were being produced for hospitals, hotels, schools, offices and other buildings. Examples of Shapland and Petter's work can be seen all over North Devon. In Barnstaple, the shop front at 109 High Street is a good example, and the interior of the old Lloyd's Bank, now Chamber's Brasserie, was also Shapland's work. Examples of carving by Shapland's men can be seen in two chairs and a reading desk in Barnstaple Parish Church As cabinet makers, Shapland and Petter employed up to 350 people at a time. There were designers, carvers, cabinet makers, machinists, polishers, and labourers. The company was one of the first to install American labour-saving devices and was keen to adopt the most up-to-date machinery The fire of 1888 at the Raleigh Cabinet Works was a huge loss for the company. However, it resulted in a new factory which was altogether more modern and better equipped. The new building by the river was arranged into blocks. The production line began with the saw mills and ended with the finishing rooms. There was modern machinery in every department - one of their saws was the first of its kind in Britain. Water sprinklers and electric lights were a necessity - this factory would not burn down As well as the furniture production, Shapland and Petter imported timber by sea and rail. The new factory 's facilities were exceptional Shapland and Petter were renowned for excellent design and workmanship. The carvers were highly skilled, serving seven year apprenticeships and attending classes at the Barnstaple School of Art. Ornately carved furniture required up to a hundred tools The factory produced made to order woodwork for banks, hotels, and shops; mantelpieces, paneling and staircases. They fitted out Pullman railway carriages, the London Guildhall, and Edgar Wallace 's dining room as well as houses like Tapeley Park in North Devon Much of the work involved intricate leaded glass panels, or inlaid fruitwood designs, like the white bedroom suite shown in the exhibition here. This type of work is typical of Art Nouveau 1895 to 1910, inspired by the fluid shapes of plants and flowers Many pieces were made from standard designs. There were hundreds to choose from, and a selection could be seen in local and London showrooms and in catalogues. Although mass-produced, this furniture was well-made by skilled technicians and modern machinery Arts and Crafts designs of Shapland and Petter The development of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the South West of England has not been written up in any detail though we do know of the Art Potters of Barnstaple from the excellent book of this name by Audrey Edgeler. Less is known of the Barnstaple Guild of Metal Workers. We know of the Bath Cabinet Makers and the Newlyn School of Industrial Art in Cornwall but very little has been written about the furniture makers of Barnstaple in Devon The establishment of a large cabinet making firm in Barnstaple is not remarkable in itself; there were several cabinet makers in the area. What is interesting is that this particular Barnstaple firm should become a leading maker of Arts and Crafts furniture, copying the styles of the leading Architect designers and creating their own unique style Critics may point out that as their work was commercially driven and reliant upon machines it therefore does not really qualify as Arts and Crafts. Whilst the company was highly innovative in machine technology, they also employed many craftsmen who worked with their hands in woodcarving, marquetry work, design and application of decorative copperwork and other artistic embellishment in the true Arts and Crafts tradition. Anyone who has experience of Shapland and Petter workmanship knows the level of craftsmanship invested in each piece Sources of inspiration There appears to be no evidence to link any known architect, artist or designer to the Shapland and Petter company. Their designs appear to have been created solely by their own internal design staff none of whom appear to have published or registered their work in any other context C. R. Ashbee who established the Guild of Handicrafts visited Barnstaple in 1893 and provided a twelve week course on the design and decoration of furniture. It is presumed that this visit was hosted by Shapland and Petter, and that their own staff and those from other local furniture makers attended the course. Ashbee appears to have been unimpressed by the commercial attitudes he encountered and apparently disappointed at the lack of interest in his (high minded) lectures. What is interesting however is the similarity between some of his designs and those used by Shapland and Petter, particularly in respect to inlaid floral design. Perhaps he left a lasting influence which has not yet been verified There has been some speculation on the influence of Scottish designers, particularly because of the use of Glasgow rose designs which are typical of the Glasgow School, and particularly of Talwin Morris. There are also several designs which use similar motifs to those used by Baillie Scott, the use of two doves in flight for example. More research is needed to trace possible links here. One thing that is clear is that there was a great deal of copying and selling designs in the furniture industry at the time and a nineteenth century survey on the furniture trade recorded that '' Barnstaple pays the best prices for designs ..'' Collaboration with other companies There is evidence that Shapland and Petter organised a wide network of companies to retail their products and hence many pieces have the labels of retail furnishers added. Little is known of their marketing in Europe and America but it may be that many Arts and Crafts pieces were sold abroad. Shapland and Petter had excellent access to rail and shipping lines for importing timber and presumably for exporting their finished products The extent of their collaboration with other companies is yet to be ascertained but there is evidence that their suppliers included the Della Robbia Pottery, Pilkingtons Tile...

A beautiful whimsical 20th century German Black Forest carved head hat or coat rack with a small roe deer wood carved head, with four roe deer legs as hooks, ...

Modern blue vintage coat rack model Dilemma by Giancarlo Piretti and produced by Castilia, Castel S. Pietro (Bo), Italy 1984. This amazing object features a coat rack and a ladder in one piece and could easily be transformed into a five steps ladder, also for hanging up clothes. The steps made from cast aluminum show stable condition. As you take the coat rack from the base, the rack folds out to a ladder, after using the ladder easy to handle the re fold and return into the base. Gorgeous and bold design piece from the 1980s. Gian Carlo Piretti ( 1940 ) has designed many gorgeous design pieces as Plia chairs, Platone desks...

Floor standing coat rack with marble base, gilt brass frame and crystal hangers, Italian design, 1960s. CONDITION: In good condition, shows signs of wear and tear given by time SIZ...

Marvelous mid-century decorative round bowl, centerpiece or magazine rack in a stunning tortoiseshell effect lucite with a brass rim. This stylish object was produced in Italy during...

Emphasizing honest materials and usability, Jasper Morrison uses a familiar form in idealized proportions to draw attention to the possibilities of an undervalued, everyday object wi...

For sale is a beautiful set consisting of three wall mountable Art Nouveau coat hooks. The items were hand-crafted from brass and designed by th...

Gorgeous Mid-Century umbrella stand made in curved rattan, wicker and brass. This lovely French Riviera style umbrella or stick stand was made in Italy during the 1970s. This stunni...

Antique Circa 1900 Large Quality Bentwood Hall, Coat, or Hat Stand - against the wall semi-circular design A charming and high-quality Antique Bentwood Hall, Coat, or Hat Stand, dat...

Antique ornate quality brass newspaper stand having a quality brass newspaper stand with ornate decoration of people eating and drinking in a tavern.

Up to two beautiful Austrian modernist brass wall hooks, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria. Made of black finished and partly polished brass, very solid, in good condit...

GIOBAGNARA Renowned for its elegant creations that convey luxury without ostentation, GIOBAGNARA adheres to the highest standards of craftsmanship. By pursuing a philosophy that inco...

The space age red vintage plastic coat stand was designed by Giancarlo Piretti, Italy 1972, and produced by Anonima Castelli. Also it is stamped underneath. Furthermore the coat stan...

Midcentury beautiful "Pluvium" umbrella stand in red plastic by Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Created to hold six umbrellas when the umbrella ...

Magazine rack by Giotto Stoppino Model 4676 for Kartell, Made in Italy, 1970s.  Magazine rack Italian Design Model 4676 created by Designer Giotto Stoppino for Kartell in the 1970s. ...

Monumental Antonia Campi Italian Modernist ceramic umbrella stand Model C33 for S.C.I 1949 More of a sculpture than an Umbrella stand. Italian iconic MidCentury design piece

Simple space age wall wardrobe from schönbuch. The gardrobe is cast from a piece of plastic. It is designed as a shelf on the top. A rod to hold ironing is integrated on the undersi...

An Arts and Crafts walnut Hall stand by Shapland and Petter with a copper panel depicting a mythical creature to the top, leaf cut-outs to the centre with circular ball uprights to e...

French Riviera Bamboo and Rattan Coat Rack with Hangers Handmade in the 1960s, this bamboo and rattan coat rack is designed in the style of Franco Albini and Franca Helg. It feature...

Large size, great shape and excellent condition antique coat rack. If you are looking for a stylish and practical coat rack in the Arts & Crafts style then this period piece could be perfect for you. It is truly stylish, entirely original and, as you can see in our images, it is in very good condition. This quality antique is handcrafted from solid oak and it comes with the inlaid, hand painted and glazed tiles. These tiles are extra special, because on top of the glazing are unique, gilt and stylized flower motifs. This luxurious and colorful coat rack also comes with all the original and aesthetically beautiful hooks...

Eight-piece Space Age QUADRO wardrobe set by Jürgen Lange for Schönbuch from the 1970s. Plastic frame with two lamps, one mirror, three coat racks, on storage element and one coat ha...

A 1970s French Riviera rattan and bamboo coat rack with four coat hooks, wooden shelf and geometric woven rattan back.

Curved black plastic magazine rack with 6 compartments. Giotto Stoppino for Kartell, Italy, 1970s. Engraved stamp. Please look carefully at the video and photos, thank you. Weight:...

The wall hook is created in the ancient straw marquetry technique. RUDA Studio researches the artisan craftsmanship of our country of origin and brings traditional marquetry to conte...

For sale is a wonderful pair of White Italian mid-century, Space-Age Coat Hooks in the manner of Luigi Caramella, dating from c.1970s. The hooks are in good vintage condition, with...

Italian ornate antique brass & onyx square marble coat hat rack hall tree stand Hollywood Regency Eye catcher Classic 60s This high quality free ...

We offer for sale a vintage Coats and Hats Rack, made in Italy between the 50s and 60s by the company "Fraber", as attested by the brand on the back, printed with fire as the well-kn...

Foldable magazine rack, magazine rack made of high-quality wood (probably mahogany), woven wicker and copper details, designed by Cesare Lacca, Italian design from the 50s. Timeless...

Offered is an absolutely stunning, 1960s particularly beautiful Umbrella Stand. Vintage from the 60s, made of metal and wicker. Found at an estate sale in Florence Italy. Original mi...

A beautifully preserved example of early 20th-century Spanish rural craftsmanship, this traditional wall-mounted wooden coat rack dates to circa 1930 and exemplifies the rustic elega...

Gildo is a contemporary valet stand suitable for a bedroom or a wardrobe room, made of walnut with a swivel base. On top of the grid structure, there is a walnut tray with a leather base.. The tray is useful for holding the accessories you wear every day: watch, cufflinks, wallet and more. On one side of the grid structure there is a removable coat hanger in leather, while on the other side there is a trousers hanger in leather, with enough space to hang also the tie and the belt. . Everything you wear is stored neatly and within easy reach. Shoes also have a dedicated place on the steel bars attached to the base. All the metal details are in chrome steel. A bone label with Giordano...

Zanotta Servopluvio Umbrella Stand in by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Black painted for outdoor aluminium water tray and steel support rod. Ad...

Gorgeous magazine rack in lucite with a stunning tortoiseshell effect and briar. This incredibly elegant piece was designed by Guzzini in Italy in the 1970s. This incredibly charmin...

French Mid-Century Bamboo and Rattan Magazine Rack, France, 1960s. Materials: Bamboo, Rattan & Fabric Dimensions: Height: 14.8" (37.5 cm) Width: 18.5" (47 cm) Depth: 12.6" (32 cm) ...

beautiful floor lamp / coat hanger model "4706" designed by Gruppo BBPR for Kartell , 1970s Made of anodized aluminum and abs, in bright red color, a real icon of world design of ...

A set of four beautiful vintage hangers made of solid brass with a lovely patina. A very special dress deserves a very special hanger. Made of solid bra...