Early 1900s Coat Racks and Stands

Antique c.1900 Bentwood Hall Hat & Coat Stand – Fine Quality Furniture This rare antique c.1900 bentwood hall hat and coat stand is full of age, character, and patina, whilst being a...

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...

This is a beautiful quality c.1900 bamboo hall stand in the Chinoiserie manner. The condition is very good for a piece made entirely of real bamboo. A few ...

Edwardian Mahogany Hat & Coat Hall Stand of Art Nouveau Design - with original stained glass inset panels and coat hooks all of art nouveau form, replacement drip trays - Matthews of...

This small German Art Nouveau coat rack in oak dates to around 1900 and shows the characteristic organic lines of the period. Its balanced design combines practical elements with ele...

A good Arts and Crafts oak Hall stand by Shapland and Petter with a seat to the left and a mirror and glove drawer to the right, the lower section with Shaplands typical square shape...

Impressive French hand-carved solid oak wall hanging coat rack from the early 20th century. This beautiful coat rack or hall shelf features stunning carvings of two lion heads at eac...

J. & J. Kohn Pedestal, Austria, Pre-1910 An exceptional pedestal by J. & J. Kohn, crafted in Austria before 1910. Standing at an impressive height of 131 cm (51.6 in), this piece ex...

Featuring exquisite craftsmanship and a timeless design. the coat rack comes with its original 9 art nouveau bronze hooks, that are just simply breathtaking in the art nouveau design...

Antique c.1900 Walnut Towel Rail Stand – Walnut Furniture A charming c.1900 towel rail stand, crafted from walnut. Simple and elegant, it makes a practical and decorative addition t...

This very unusual half-moon parrot coat hanger is made of wood. This is a work in the style of famous Austrian designer Thonet. circa 1900.

Very beautiful Art Nouveau Coat Rack in oakwood with solid brass hooks. The Coat Rack has a big umbrella stand as well as six clothes hooks. The Coat Rack...

Stunning and elegant Art Nouveau hat and coat stand. Design in the style of Thonet and Jacob and Josef Kohn. Striking French design from the 1900s. Stained beech and bentwood frame w...

Magnificent and ultra rare Arts & Crafts Art Nouveau coat rack. Striking Dutch design from the 1900s. Solid walnut frame with original hand-carved veneered decorations. Ten original ...

Late Victorian era Aesthetic Movement Bamboo and Grassmat Hall Tree with Mirror & Umbrella Stand features graceful, sinuous curves in its bamboo frame adding an elegant and unique to...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique circa 1880-1900 Austrian Thonet bentwood extra large coat rack 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 collectable Thonet bentwood coat stand...

Magnificent and ultra rare Arts & Crafts wall coat rack. Design by Kobus de Graaff. Striking Dutch design from the 1900s. Solid honey-colored oak frame with two original hand-carved ...

French Antique Art Nouveau bamboo hall coat rack and umbrella stand. Original French bamboo coat rack with mirror and six hooks for coats and ...

Magnificent and ultra rare Black Forest style wall coat rack. Striking European design from the 1900s. Solid oak frame with a hand-carved sculptured double-headed eagle. Four pati...

We are is delighted to offer for sale this stunning antique circa 1900’s Thonet Bentwood wall mounted coat rack A truly stunning piece, if you have ever seen this type of coat rack in the form of a wall mounted rack...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning antique circa 1900 solid pine bathroom towel rail with nicely antiqued finish 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 good looking well made and decorative towel...

A top quality Arts and Crafts oak Hallstand by Shapland and Petter with bevelled mirror flanked by a circular copper disc with hat and coat hooks, stylised cut-outs and stylised flor...

Stunning and rare Art Nouveau wall coat rack. Striking Belgium design from the 1900s. Solid oak with four original ceramic tiles. In very good condition with a beautiful patina.

A wooden floor hanger made in 1900s France. The edges of this free-standing coat hanger have been ever so worn with age, creating a glowing effect that hi...

Antique English Edwardian Towel Rail C.1910 A handsome example. presented in good condition commensurate with age. Please message for a shipping quote.

Gorgeous antique French circa 1900 clothes rack in elegantly shaped chrome with beautiful details. The clothes rack has a height adjustable bar to allow more room for shorter items. ...

Sturdy yet Slim Early 20th Century Gold Painted Iron Coat Stand A beautiful example of early 20th century functional design, this iron coat and hat stand combines strength, simplici...

Wonderful and rare Arts & Crafts Art Nouveau coat rack. Attributed to A.J. Kropholler. Striking Dutch design from the 1900s. Solid oak with five original bronze hooks. Please not...

A French Beaux-Arts period wooden and enameled peg hat and coat rail, circa 1900. The wall mounted wood rail has three bent metal arms with white enameled ball-shaped upper pegs f...

Free standing wardrobe from the Gebrüder Thonet, Wien produced around 1900 . Made from bent beech wood and then stained in a dark colour. There are ...

Rare and interesting wood and brass wall coat-hanger. English Art & Crafts work. Circa 1890

Wall-Mounted Art Nouveau Coat Rack / Hall Stand in Oak and Burl Elm, with Bronze Hooks and Beveled Mirror — Circa 1900 Discover this magnificent and rare wall-mounted coat rack, an ...

A useful, simple, elegant coat rack from Jugendstil period produced in Austria. Composed of two solid brass coat hooks attached to a base plate...

Circa 1900-1910 Warm oak patina hand made barley twist cane stand with simple lines, six sectionals and original metal drip pans. Compact size and e...

- carefully refurbished and finished by shellac

Large wooden coat hanger Viennese Secession, Hoffmann Style, Vienna, early 1900s

Huge and exceptional entryway chest bench / coat rack in solid oak carved on a floral theme. Removable furniture made up of two parts: - Upper part: l...

Austrian Art Nouveau wooden floor coat rack by Thonet, early 1900s Floor coat stand entirely made of wood. The upper part is composed of five diagonal arms that develop outwards and ...

Antique c.1900 Bentwood Hall Stand – Fine Quality for Hats, Coats, Sticks and Umbrellas An early 20th-century bentwood hall stand with attractive age, colour, and patina. Full of ch...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique circa 1880-1900 Austrian Thonet bentwood coat rack 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 collectable Thonet bentwood coat stand...

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...

Magnificent and rare Arts & Crafts coat stand or porte manteau. Striking Dutch design from the 1900s. Solid oak frame with original rotating top. Seven original Arts & Crafts patinat...

Original Wall Coat Rack, Sculpted Hooks on a Fantastic Theme: Witches, Devil, and Demons, Gothic Art Nouveau, Early 20th Century A unique and singular piece, this solid oak wall coa...

19th Century Thonet Bent Wood Wall Hanging Coat Rack This is an rare Large Half Round Hat or Coat Hall Stand, made by Thonet The Stand sits f...

Stunning and elegant Renaissance Revival coat rack. Striking Dutch design from the 1900s. Hand-carved solid oak frame with mirror. Six original wooden hooks and five patinated brass ...

Art Nouveau coat hanger.

A rare Art And Crafts coat rack, the patina is so much nicer in person

Turned wood hat holder, 1900s. Floor or table hat holder in turned wood with round base, handmade. Good conditions. Measurements in cm 16 x 65 H.

Michael Thonet Coar rack Wiena 1905.

Antique c.1900 Black Ebonised Towel Stand – 5 rails A charming c.1900 towel rail stand, with a patinated black finish. Simple and elegant, it makes a practical and decorative additi...

Antique c.1900 Bentwood Hall Stand – Fine Quality for Hats, Coats, Sticks and Umbrellas An early 20th-century bentwood hall stand with attractive age, colour, and patina. Full of ch...

Antique c.1900 Mahogany Stick and Umbrella Stand – Fine Quality Country House Furniture An early 20th-century mahogany stick and umbrella stand with attractive age, colour, and pati...

Antique c.1900 Painted Beech Towel Stand with 5 Rails – Fine Quality Full of authentic charm and character, this rare decorative find would make a wonderful statement piece in the r...

Antique Quality Bentwood Hall Stand for Hats, Coats, Sticks, and Umbrellas A charming early 20th-century bentwood hall stand with attractive age, colour, and patina. A rare decorati...

Original massive brass coat hanger by Adolf Loos, designed in Vienna in the year 1907. This famous Elephant coat hanger was used in the apartment of Paul Khuner, 1040 Vienna. Docum...

A Rare and Striking Bentwood Hallstand by Fischel, Circa 1900 The upper section, featuring turned finials, includes six large S-shaped hooks that provide ample storage for hats, coa...

France / 1900 / coat rack / oak, brass / Antique / Rustic Beautiful small French coat rack or kitchen towel hanger with nice patina. Made of solid oak board with carved floral deco...

Antique c.1900 Pine Towel Rail Stand – Traditional Wooden Furniture A charming c.1900 towel rail stand, crafted from pine. Simple and elegant, it makes a practical and decorative ad...

Row of 3 Bentwood Hat and Coat Hooks This is a good quality and very practical row of Hat and Coat Hooks, there are 3 Large S hooks, they come from France and they are in good cond...

Circa 1900 French wall hanging hat or coat rack. The rack is made from Elm and has wonderful graining throughout. There are four hand turned pegs for hanging and the base is hand t...