Walnut Racks and Stands

Rustic Black Forest (19th Century) walnut carved bear umbrella stand holding leaf shaped dish

Beautiful walnut architectural music stand by Sam Maloof, circa 1965.

Hardwood valet stand with multiple shirt and jacket hangers, draping bar and personal accessories dish. The lead time provided is an estimate and may e...

French Victorian carved walnut and filigree lyre top adjustable music stand with fluted acanthus leaf base.

Antique Italian Renaissance Figural Religious Carved Walnut Hall Tree Quilt Rack. Item features raised panel religious carving to center, relief carved sold...

A metal coat rack with a walnut shelf, attributed to Studio BBPR, Italy, 1950s.  

Mid-Century Modern Italian solid walnut and brass foldable magazine rack by Cesare Lacca, circa 1950s. This ingenious design allows the mag...

This is a piece totally hand made in pearwood by Italian artisans in the 1980 It is beautiful the finish that shows the wood texture- A piece useful with a great charm.  

An Arte Populaire 18th century Lutrin - Book Stand from Bologna, Italy. Soundly constructed from walnut and pine with an usual scale. Perfect for the display of books or paintings.

Large antique Victorian freestanding burr walnut canterbury having attractive oval shaped ends and pretty pierced fretwork with three divisions supported by baluster turned spindles....

This is an antique newspaper rack. A French, brass, copper and walnut two-segment magazine stand, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 19...

20th century vintage clothes valet by Fratelli Reguitti made in Italy circa 1950 Beechwood with brass and rubber castors and brass tie holders, o...

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...

18th century Venetian Baroque coat hangers in hand-carved walnut decorated gold leaf Fortuny silk fabric of the early 900 Measures: cm H 165, W...

Very unique midcentury walnut / brass / cat gut strings magazine rack, circa 1960s. The piece may be a one off piece as I have not been able to find any information on it. It is very...

A handsome English two-tiered book trough or library book stand of walnut, from the Edwardian era, featuring a canted upper tier over a flat bottom ...

A Mid-20th Century Walnut Double bevel Mirrored Coat and Hat Rack with a Spindle Storage Slot. Measures 39" in width and 18" in height.

Coat hanger with an iron base and flexibile vertical central supports, topped by an egg made entirely in solid wood with glued slats, replacing the classic hooks. Available in two ve...

Exceptionally rare, and possibly unique, music stand by noted Californian craftsman Sam Maloof. Exquisitely crafted in East Indian rosewood. Fully adjustable and very finely detailed...

Mid-century magazine table from the Combex Series TM05 designed by Cees Braakman for Pastoe 1954. Sleek walnut top with black wrought metal frame and mesh magazine holder. Dimension...

This antique carved fruit wood and brass hall tree was crafted in France, circa 1920. Standing on a wide female caryatid tripod form supports ending in paw feet, the tall rack featur...

Antique Italian classic carved walnut magazine rack blue velvet Florentine lily.

Fantastic quality large antique Black Forest carved bear double stick stand, having a large and small carved bear with great expressi...

constructed entirely of solid walnut with two top bars supported by turned legs with two more tiers of hanging bars across the middle, the feet are bracket style and are raised on sm...

Renaissance coat rack in hand carved ebonized walnut early 1900s, by Dini and Puccini, Cascina, Tuscany, Italy.

A folding magazine rack crafted by tCesare Lacca ( Italian - Born 1929- 1978 ). This exquisite piece showcases elegant cane sides gracefully accentuated by gleaming brass details. W...

A joker in the decor, the Grado Rack has a light and timeless design and internal features that make it a complete and cool option for any room.

Medium Walnut Coat Rack with Black Powder-Coated Metal – Scandinavian Modern This medium-sized coat rack is a refined blend of natural walnut and sleek black powder-coated metal, ex...

Fine quality American magazine rack (also known as a canterbury) exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876. Unusual to find an American example, as most are of English manufacture and quite ubiquitous. Of Charles Eastlake...

Rustic Black Forest-style (19th Century) carved walnut hatrack/umbrella stand with gnome figure holding tree form with birds in upper branches.

Introducing a professionally restored sleek and stylish midcentury magazine rack, reminiscent of the iconic designs by Ico Parisi. Produced in Italy during the vibrant 1950s, this wa...

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...

A fine antique English burl walnut music Canterbury whatnot stand etagere, circa 1880. This late 19th century music Canterbury having a twin-tiered what...

Luggage rack noble with folding solid oak wood base structure in black finish. With 4 genuine leather stripes in beige finish. With brass hardware details. Also available in natural ...

Early 20th century walnut towel rack in good condition. Ideal for a bathroom or kitchen.

Hand-carved in three sections (the double-sided platform, the turned shaft, and the robust scrolled base), this French music lectern, or lutrin, dates to circa 1700. A combination of...

Large carved Spanish solid walnut coat rack stand has all of the original hardware which is heavy cast iron and has been polished and lacquered for easy maintenance. The top half is profusely carved with intricate urns, arabesques, and baskets of grapes and pomegranates, with bronze details. The top has a deep cornice carved...

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...

K0280 Fine English Victorian walnut coat rack with four shaped coat and hat hooks in brass on solid walnut backing. Cleaned and polished, ready to place at  home. c1880 Please view o...

Coat stand white lacquered wood structure Pallavisini coat stand “Cactus”, design Mauro Pasquinelli early 70’s. Born Aug. 27, 1931, in Scandicci, Florence, Italy, Mauro Pasquinelli a...

Mid-Century Modern vintage walnut coat rack with 4 cast solid brass hooks, which was designed and manufactured in Vienna, Austria. The black lacquered metal frame shows 7 hardwood stained slats, which is provided for wall mounting, while the 4 cast solid brass hooks by Carl Auboeck...

Large Walnut Coat Rack with Black Powder-Coated Metal This generously sized coat rack is a refined blend of natural walnut and sleek black powder-coated metal, exemplifying Scandina...

Coatrack walnut arms with all structure n hand carved solid polished varnished walnut wood. Also available on request in black or white matte lacquered finish with up-charge, pric...

Baroque revival vintage valet or coat rack from brass and solid walnut circa 1890, United Kingdom. A wonderful coat rack or valet from cast brass, partly blackened, and a hanger fro...

A tall and impressive Victorian hall stand in walnut. The central domed top is complemented with an arrangement of two rows of seven substantial painted brass hooks. The base is fl...

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...

Timeless sculpture, its aesthetic function expresses a unique lifestyle. Available in Walnut Small and Large Size

Rustic Black Forest (19th Cent) walnut floral carved easel 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...

This lovely walnut magazine rack by Arthur Umanoff for Washington Woodcraft has sculptural spindles that create visual movement as your perspective on the piece changes. 18.5"H X ...

Coatrack Albert with solid walnut wood structure and with brushed brass top structure. With Carrara marble base.

19th century French walnut lectern featuring a rotating stand on an adjustable stem. The solid walnut is hand carved into a single support resting on four hand carved feet. This is f...

The AT16, designed by Osvaldo Borsani for the Italian furniture company Tecno, is an iconic example of modernist design in 1960s. The piece is one of the first editions of this coat ...

Solid Oak Frame Brown Upholstery MCM Style 3 Seat Sofa Clean!

Simple yet solid wood wall hook made in the US.    

This hat stand is unsigned by the maker, but presumed to have originated from the United States and date to approximately 1960 and done in the period Mid century Modern style. The st...

Victorian Walnut Canterbury Magazine Stand This is a very pretty little piece, in beautiful figured Walnut, it stands on neat brass casters, the magazine sections are pierced and th...

Rustic Black Forest style (20th century) walnut hatrack/umbrella stand with two carved bears on base and one bear in hat tree upper section.  

Irish Horseshoe Coat and Tack Rack by B McMullen A fine quality piece made in Walnut by B McMullen saddlery Beautifully made in the shape of a horseshoe with 8 hand forged farrier...

Supervised by John Ambrose Fleming, the inspiration for Wood Tailors’ Fleming wall lamp, Harold Everard Monteagle Barlow was an electrical engineer best k...