Glass Racks and Stands

This very nice and elegant neoclassical style magazine rack is made of brass with blueish glass on the sides. This is a French work by Maison Jansen. Circa 1940.

Elegant wall-mounted coat rack with a playful design in glass and brass and decorated with engraved flowers on gold base.

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 ...

Make a stunning first impression with this exceptional vintage tortoise bamboo hall tree. A brilliant example of Chinoiserie chic, this piece recalls the artistic spirit of the Aesth...

Mahogany and glass magazine rack Refinished Brass accent, Italy, 1950s.

Mid-Century Coat Rack with Integrated Mirror, Italy, 1970 W : 141cm + Extension : 42cm

Dimensions: 40 cm Width , 26,5cm Height , 39cm Depth Condition: Good Period: 1980s Origin: Italy Material: Glass , metal

This faux-bamboo magazine rack is made of silvered bronze. This is a French work by famous French designer Maison Baguès, circa 1940.

This beautiful faux-bamboo magazine rack is made of bronze with blueish glass panels on each side. The quality iof this piece is very fine. This is a French work by Maison Baguès. Ci...

1970s Glass and Brass Umbrella stand Product Details Dimensions: 30L x 54H x 20D cm Italian production from the 70s.

Osvaldo Borsani wall coat hanger in glass and brass, Italy, 1950s Original VITREX glass The Coat Hanger needs to be Built In the wall.  

Glass and brass model of coat rack from the 1970s. Easy to install with slip-in brackets. Acccording to your needs can be formed of as many elements you need and as many color variat...

Stunning leather and iron wall rack by Jacques Adnet. Rack consists of three hooks descending from top left, a mirror and umbrella holder. A small shelf suspends from mirror, perfect...

1960s wall-mounted coat rack with teak wood rack and metal hangers. In the center is placed a still original mirror and at the base shaped shelf made of formica of the period. Exce...

Antique shaving stands are fairly rare and beautiful Victorian examples are even rarer. This is certainly one of the nicest ones I have ever see...

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ONE ETAGERE. NOT “a set”. PRICE SHOWN IS FOR THE ONE. A single mid-century modern blackened iron framed étagère with inset painted wood and glass shelves and wood balls for feet and finials. This came out of the post-war modern craze for steel and wire frame decorative furniture and objects, such as those for Woodlin Hall by Tony Paul, Archie Kaplan...

Pair of Vintage Blue and Clear Murano Glass Coat Hangers with brass details. The Murano Glass is in perfect condition, the metal is original of the period and thus shows normal signs...

Fontana Arte Umbrella Stand - Italy, 1950s Signature thick glass sides with solid brass dividers and legs Aluminum base catches any water . Wonderful piece.

Midcentury beautiful coat rack in blue glass and chrome with four circular hooks in glass in the style of Cristal Arte. Made in Italy in the 1960s.

Hall stand or coat rack, chestnut, glass, Italy, 1950s A remarkable piece of mid-century modern design: a large, wall-mounted coat rack or hall stand, executed in chestnut wood. Cra...

Pair of Mid-Century Modern glass top acrylic end tables magazine stands. Original 1970’s, American, Mid-Century Modern pieces. Unique acrylic design with magazine Stand qualities. Lo...

19th century oak hall stand from England. The top has a lovely crown molding, over a hand carved central panel, flanked by carved sides, which have three brass hooks on each side fo...

Mid-Century French hall mirror with coat hooks and luggage rack. In original green paint. Dimensions: H 42cm x W 68cm x D 27cm

Make a stylish first impression with this Bamboo Hall Rack. A rare blend of form and function from the golden age of modern design. Crafted in the 1950s–60s, this entryway essential ...

French Art Nouveau walnut and maple hatrack with a large center mirror having whiplash carving and 5 gilt bronze firefly coat hooks and lower umbrella s...

Cristal Art Wall Mounted Blue Glass Coat or Hat Rack, Turin Italy, circa 1950's A very rare and stunning grand scale wall-mounted coat rack by Cristal Art, the back plate glass in ...

Small Art Deco Coat Rack with mirror, chrome, France circa 1930. Tubular steel, chrome-plated and polished. Pivoting framed mirror glass. Mounted to the wall through two screw holes....

This Fontana Arte bathroom set is made from a thick cut glass and nickel-plated brass joints. It is composed by 7 different accessories: 1. Wall light. 2. Glass holder ring. 3. Towe...

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...

American Victorian-style sterling silver rectangular easel picture frame with etched floral and scroll design and bevelled glass with dark green velvet backing (marked: GERMAN SILVER)

Exceptionally beautiful gold-coloured faux bamboo coat rack. Originally from Belgium or France, circa 1890-1910, made of cast iron. This coat rack has a holder for umbrellas and sti...

Marvelous Dutch Art Deco Amsterdam school coat / hat rack with beveled mirror. Made from European Oak & black accents and Macassar decorated detail. Exquisite Art Deco design with typical Amsterdam School elements. Asymmetrical stair shape going from low to high...

Antique Eastlake Victorian Walnut Coat Hall Tree Umbrella Stand with Mirror and Cast Iron Shell Form Drip Pan. Appears to have been professionally refinished at some point over the y...

- very rare - elegant and representative.

Achingly stylish 1950's Torinese wall mounted coat and had rack in diamond shaped panels of cobalt blue mirror and silver mirror mounted with four solid brass and thick crystal hooks...

1970s glass and brass coat rack Voucher conditions 95,5 cm x 10,5 cm x 6 cm italian manufacture

Elegant 1950s coat rack attributed to Ico Parisi for La Permanente Mobili Cantù. Recently reupholstered in smooth powder-pink velvet, this piece is ideal for giving your entryway or ...

Vintage Arts & Crafts Style Scrolling Wrought Iron Mirror Umbrella Stand Coat Hall Tree with Rusty Finish. Item features 3 leaf clover designs, oval umbrella holder, central mirror, ...

Chrome and Glass Magazine Rack or Stand. Might be good as a log holder as well. Pretty clean condition. Chrome handles, corners and feet.

Timeless magazine rack designed by Cesare Lacca in Italy during the 1950s. The magazine stand has a dark wood structure with four inclined, curved glass shelfs and two gorgeous bras...

Italian Mid-Century (1940s) small end table with ebonized wood sides supporting a glass top and shelf with brass magazine rack. (Attributed to ICO PARISI).  

Made Italy, 1950s. This entryway coat rack is made in cherry veneer and features a brass frame, a mirror and painted brass and back-painted glass d...

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...

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1950's Stitched leather and rattan coat rack, umbrella stand and mirror designed by Jacques Adnet Green leather, black metal, and rattan

Coat stand with mirror solid wood with open-pore lacquer finish Holds up to 15 kg when evenly distributed. Coat storage? Wardrobe? CHESTER combines the open, airy design of shelf-ty...

Large coat rack / hall stand / cloakroom in faux bamboo and exotic wood. It consists of 6 coat hooks, a large central mirror (112 x 72 cm), an umbrella stand or cane holder with its zinc tray. Art Nouveau Japonism, France, around 1880-1890. Attributed to the Maison des Bambous...

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...

Tall modernist black iron and bronze soldered entrance umbrella stand, display piece, one of a kind sculpture, Mirrored sections and black glass shelves, unique piece to accent a ha...

De rigeur for any respectable, status-seeking male in the Qing-dynasty, hats would have found elevated storage and display on this remarkably crafted hat stand. Flanking the central ...

A 1960s Italian rectangular wall mounted coat rack composed of wood in a warm, cherry hue. This coat rack features three exaggerated round glass knobs and patinated brass hardware. S...

Elegant brass and galvanized metal standing shaving or dressing mirror with shield shaped mirror having a gallery edge table resting on a tripod base.

This rare set of two "Scorpion" coat racks by Anonima Design, produced by Bonetto in the 1970s, exemplifies the Italian Radical Design movement's bold synthesis of utility and visual...

Midcentury amazing flower umbrella stand in brass and glass in the style of Cristal Arte. Made in Italy in the 1960s. Cristal Arte (established in 1944) was a furniture company fou...

French Victorian wrought iron hatrack with 2 figures at base with mirror and candelabra on top (signed CORNEAU FRERES, Charleville)

Rare large abstract glass sculpture by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt, 1970s Italy. The sculpture was originally intended as a desk object (paper holder, correspondence holder or magazine r...

Fontana Arte Umbrella Stand - Thick glass feet w/ four feet, lacquered wood and glass top and bottom with brass detail. Wonderful piece. Italy, 1950s

Mid-century magazine rack made in Italy in the 1950s

A rare and illuminated coat rack with integrated umbrella stand. A striking example of Italian Brutalist design, this sculptural coat rack was crafted by Poliarte in the 1970s. The p...

Important Art Deco hall cabinet / coat stand hatstand /hatrack / coat rack / coat stand /hall tree composed of: - in the center, a large beveled ...