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Space Age Racks and Stands

SPACE AGE STYLE

Vintage Space Age furniture captured post–World War II optimism with swooping shapes, bowed lines and experimentation with new materials including plastic and fiberglass.

From the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957 to the landing of Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon in 1969, the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States propelled advancements in technology that transformed culture. Space Age design encompassed fashion, architecture, cars, furniture and objects for the home, bringing wonder and hope for the future into everyday life.

Coinciding with Pop art, Space Age style featured bold colors and forms. Eero Aarnio’s Ball chair, which debuted in 1966, used molded fiberglass for a capsule-like space while Verner Panton’s 1959 Panton chair was a single piece of molded plastic for a gravity-defying S shape. Red versions of Olivier Mourgue’s 1964 Djinn chair were futuristic enough to appear on the space station in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Today, Joe Colombo is revered as a master of modern Italian design thanks to the provocative modular furniture pieces he created, such as the Tube chair and the Elda armchair, both of which embody the future-forward spirit of the Space Age.

The Space Age spirit extended to home building too. The futuristic Case Study Houses, which were designed by the likes of Pierre Koenig, Charles and Ray Eames, Richard Neutra and Whitney R. Smith, are considered a high point of modernism and the Southern California lifestyle.

Sometimes the nods to space exploration were more literal, like moon and star motifs or the 1965 Eclisse lamp by Vico Magistretti that saw the mid-century Italian designer integrating a movable inner shade to “eclipse” the light source. Alongside the pioneering moon missions, JVC manufactured the Videosphere portable television reminiscent of the Apollo 11 space helmets.

Although the style faded in the 1970s — with the 1975 joining of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts signaling a new era of cooperation and the global oil crisis impacting the availability of plastics — the era’s innovations influenced designers into the 21st century such as Zaha Hadid and Djivan Schapira.

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Style: Space Age
Castelli "Planta" coat rack by Giancarlo Piretti, 1972.
Located in Athens, Attiki
Iconic “Planta” coat rack designed by Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli,Italy 1972. Made from beige ABS plastic featuring six fold down segments ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Space Age Coat Rack by Jean-Pierre Vitrac for Manade, 1970s
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Colourful bright yellow coat rack by the French designer Jean-Pierre Vitrac for Manade, 1970s. The coat rack has a tubular structure of black painted metal, attached to a heavy squa...
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1970s French Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

Pair of Vintage Coat Hangers or Hooks designed by Willy Rizzo, Italy 1970s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a gorgeous pair of vintage coat hangers or hooks designed by Willy Rizzo. Each features two hooks for hanging your cl...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

Kartell 4675 magazine rack designed by Giotto Stoppino in 1971.
Located in FERROL, ES
Kartell 4675 magazine rack designed by Giotto Stoppino in 1971. Made of black PMMA plastic. 6 compartments. It has scratches from use on the lower sides, visible in the photograph...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Coat Rack and Umbrella Stand, Designed by Lucci & Orlandini, Velca, Italy 70s
Located in Lucija, SI
Mid Century combined clothing hanger and umbrella stand was designed by Roberto Lucci and Paolo Orlandini. It was produced by Velca Milano Italy. Model VIP. Stand is in very good v...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Steel, Chrome

Ettore Sottsass umbrella holder for Rinnovel Italy 1950's
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Very rare mid century umbrella holder designed by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel Italy. The timeless design is very attractive. Good condit...
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1950s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Aluminum

Italian space age modern floor coat hanger in green metal, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age modern floor coat hanger in green metal, 1970s Floor coat hanger with round base in bright green painted metal. In the upper part it...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

Velca Legnano Yellow 1970 Coat Rack
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Rare dans cette couleur jaune Pop ! Créateur Roberto Lucchi and Paolo Orlandini Fabricant Velca Legnano Milano Chromes et plastiques en très bel état d'origine Parfaitement stable...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

"X" Base Lucite and Magazine Holder in the Style of Charles Hollis Jones
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful "X" base lucite magazine holder in the style of Charles Hollis Jones, circa 1970s. This is very well crafted piece that is made of .5" thick lucite; heavy and solid. The ...
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Late 20th Century American Space Age Racks and Stands

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Lucite

Set of six "Gronda" modular mirrors/coat hangers by Luciano Bertoncini, 1970s
Located in Argelato, BO
Six Gronda wall coat hangers in plastic, mirrored glass and Perspex. made by Luciano Bertoncini for the Elco company Italy, approx. 1970.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

Space Age Lucite Double Decker Stackable Wine Rack 8 Bottle Capacity
Located in San Diego, CA
stackable lucite wine rack 8 bottle capacity includes 2 units hold up to 8 bottles, circa 1970's new never used.
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20th Century American Space Age Racks and Stands

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Lucite

Black Space Age Plastic Magazine Rack by Giotto Stoppino for Kartell, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Iconic black Italian Space Age plastic Magazin Holder designed by Giotto Stoppino for Kartell Italy in the 1970s, mod. 4626 This version has four storage compartments and in the cen...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Orange plastic free standing coat rack Planta by G. Piretti for Anonima Castelli
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Orange plastic free standing coat rack with folding hooks & umbrella holders. Overall good condition: normal signs of wear and light scratches. One plastic breackage visible along th...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Coat Rack by Osvaldo Borsani Mid-Century Design for Tecno, Italy, 1980s
Located in Andernach, DE
Wonderful 1980s original by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno, Italy. In 1960 he designed the famous AT16, then a variant of it later this coat rack, which is attached to the wall. A small ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Vintage sputnik coat stand, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Mid century golden sputnik coat stand. Original space age design and beautiful patina. Lots of practical hooks and white marble base 1960s - Fran...
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1960s French Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Marble, Brass

MidCentury Grey Pluvium Umbrella Stand by Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli
Located in Milano, IT
Portaombrelli grigio denominato Pluvium disegnato da Giancarlo Piretti ed eseguito da Anonima Castelli, Italia, anni '60. Il supporto è in grado di contenere sei ombrelli quando è ap...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Mid Century Italian Hall Tree Coat Rack
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A free standing mid century Italian “hall tree” or coat rack. Blonde wood and chrome details. Two shelves for storage. Chrome coated plastic hooks. S...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic, Wood

A RADICAL POST-MODERN MAGAZINE RACK by FRANCOIS MONNET, ed. KAPPA, France 1970
Located in PARIS, FR
A radical and minimal magazine rack, Post-Modernist, Space-Age, Pop, in 2 folded thick stainless steel strips, by François Monnet, Kappa edition, France 1970.
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1970s French Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Stainless Steel

Vintage Rigg Coat Stand by Tord Bjorklund for Ikea 80s Tubular Metal Black
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
Rare find! Rare Plagg coat rack by Tord Bjorklund for Ikea. Metal coat stand made of six iron tubes lacquered in black with black plastic tips. Emblematic piece of the 80s by a fa...
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1980s European Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

Michel Dumas Smoked Acrylic Magazine Rack Lucite Chrome 1970s Roche Bobois
Located in London, GB
An impressive smoked acrylic magazine rack, coloured a translucent burnt orange, from acclaimed French designer Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois. ...
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1970s French Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Hanging Coatrack Minivip Benanti E Brunori, Velca Legano, 1970s, Italy
Located in Den Haag, NL
MINIVIP closable wall coat racks, produced by the Milanese company Velca, a well-known manufacturer of designer objects, designed by the Italian archi...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Black and White Magazine Rack by Rodolfo Bonetto for Bilumen, Italy, 1968
Located in SAN PIETRO MOSEZZO, NO
Combined magazine rack in black and white ABS plastic designed by Rodolfo Bonetto for Bilumen (Mezzate - Milan - Italy) in 1968. The two magazine racks are combined and slide toge...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Smoked Lucite Magazine Rack Michel Dumas France 1970s
By Atelier Michel Dumas
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Space Ace Magazine Rack ,Smoked Lucite . Good condition .
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1970s French Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Lucite

Space Age Style Italian Clear Plexiglass Magazine Rack
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Eleg...
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Racks and Stands

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Brass

Space Ace Hanging Coat Rack, 1970s, Italy
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Italian Hanging Coatrack, Black Ebonized Oak wood base ,. comes with Three molded Plastic hooks, Beautiful Space Ace design.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Rare Set of 2 Catalina Bakelite Wardrobe Hooks Made in East Germany GDR, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: wardrobe hooks set of 2 Origin: East Germany GDR Age: 1970s Description: This original set of wardrobe hooks was designed and produced in ...
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Late 20th Century German Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

1960's Chrome Coat Hanger, Italy
Located in Praha, CZ
Multi-armed vintage Italian chrome coat hanger from the 1960's. Very good vintage condition.
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Rare Set of 3 Catalina Bakelite Wardrobe Hooks Made in East Germany GDR, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: wardrobe hooks set of 3 Origin: East Germany GDR Age: 1970s Description: This original set of wardrobe hooks was designed and produced in ...
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Late 20th Century German Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

Plastic Minivip Clothes Hanger by Benati E Brunori for Velca, 1970s
Located in Parma, IT
Minivip wall coat hanger by Velca 1970s. In plastic material, with retractable coat hooks, metal back. As new, with original box and wall supports.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Italian Planta Coat Rack by Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Vintage space age coat stand designed by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli model 'planta'. handy detractable hooks and umbrella holders. 1970s - Italy Good condition. Dimens...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Italian Planta Coat Rack by Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Vintage space age coat stand designed by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli model 'planta'. handy detractable hooks and umbrella holders. 1970s - Italy Good condition. Dimens...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Emma Gismondi's Umbrella Holder for Artemide 1960s Italy
Located in Den Haag, NL
Dedalo umbrella stand by Emma Gismondi Schweinberger for Artemide, 1960 Italy. Black color. With the normal wear and tear. after 50 years.
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Umbrella Stand and Coat Rack, 1950, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the butt...
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1950s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Italian Coat rack, 1950
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All F...
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1950s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Umbrella stand, 1950, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All F...
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1950s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Iron

Italian Umbrella stand and Coat rack, 1950
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All F...
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1950s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Ashtray that becomes an umbrella stand in chrome , 1950, American
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All F...
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1950s American Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Space Age Vintage Hat Stands Hat Rack Multicolored Plastic Plywood 1960s Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage hat stands or hat racks multicolored plastic and plywood 1960s Austra. A stunning collection from multicolored bold hat stands in ...
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1960s Austrian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic, Plywood

Space Age Red Plexiglass Vintage Magazine Rack, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age red vintage magazine rack from plastic designed and made circa 1970. The magazine rack features two compartments for the newspapers. Also it sh...
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1970s Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plexiglass

Space Age Coat Rack with Umbrella Stand, Italy, 1970's
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
A 1970's vintage coat rack in classic space age style. Iron silver structure with a beautiful black marble base. Eight hanging point, manufactured in Italy in the 1970s. In very ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Marble, Iron

Nickel-Plated Metal 1970s Coat Rack Clitoquattro by Sergio Mazza for Artemide
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Hat stand in matt nickel-plated brass. very good condition.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Brass, Nickel

Cactus coat anger by Guido Drocco and Franco Mello for Gufram 1972
Located in PARIS, FR
The Cactus coat anger was designed by Guido Drocco and Franco Mello for Gufram, an Italian manufacturer in the early 70’s. Its design is part of the «Ra- dical Design» movement, in ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Foam

"Sciangai" Folding Coat Hanger in Black Ash Design De Pas, D'urbino for Zanotta
Located in Varese, Lombardia
"Sciangai" folding coat hanger in black lacquered ash and metal design De Pas, D'urbino, Lomazzi for Zanotta, 1974. This product could belong to the 1980s production. Very light pi...
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1980s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

Portarviste Magazine Rack by Giotto Stoppino, Kartell, 1971
Located in Las Vegas, NV
2-tier Portarviste magazine rack in black by Giotto Stoppino for Kartell, 1971. Slight wear consistent with age. Signed Kartell.
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1970s American Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Nickel-Plated Brass 1970s Floor Coat Hanger Melpomene by BBPR for Artemide
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Nickel-plated metal and brass with burnished finishing; visible oxidation patina. Wear consistent with age and use.
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Brass, Nickel

Space Age Red Metal Vintage Umbrella Stand, 1970s, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
This space age red metal vintage umbrella stand was designed and made circa 1970 in Austria. The umbrella stand features round holes as decoration and i...
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1970s Austrian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

Italian Coat Rack and Hangers 1970s by Danilo Silvestrin
Located in Den Haag, NL
Typical 1970s Space Ace coatrack and matching hangers. Design by Danilo Silvestrin Italy. The coatrack is made in perspex, only the wall bracket is ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Lucite

Italian Blue, White & Black Enameled Metal 1960s Umbrella Stand
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Cylindrical enameled metal umbrella stand in blue & black with white relief decoration. Good condition: some chips of enamel near the base, as shown in the pictures.
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1660s Italian Antique Space Age Racks and Stands

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Copper, Enamel

Roger Feraud French Mid-Century Modern Iron & Nickel Coat Hat Rack Space Age
By Geo, France 1, Roger Feraud
Located in Miami, FL
Space age coat or hat rack by Roger Feraud for GEO France. Features a black finished iron core, hairpin legs and eight nickel-plated astrolabs. Mid-Century Modern Design from the l...
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Mid-20th Century French Space Age Racks and Stands

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Iron, Nickel

Silver Finish Tripod Coat Stand Hat Rack Space Age Mid-Century Modern, 1970
Located in Miami, FL
6 feet 1 tall aluminum and polish steel tripod coat stand hat rack Space Age Mid-Century Modern 1970.
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Late 20th Century French Space Age Racks and Stands

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Aluminum, Steel, Chrome

Red Plastic Wall Hook Coat Rack "Minivip" Benanti & Brunori for Velca Italy 1970
Located in Rome, IT
Rare foldable wall coat rack "Minivip" model designed in the 1970s by the Italian architects Benanti and Brunori for Velca, a famous Milanese interior design company. The clothes ha...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Italian Space Age Pistil Shape Light Yellow Plastic Umbrella Stand, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Space Age pistil shape light yellow plastic umbrella stand, 1970s Umbrella stand with round base in light yellow plastic, with pistil shape, with...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Space Age Vintage Orange White Coat Rack Dresses Wall Germany 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage coat rack or dresses wall from orange and white lacquered pressboard with three white plastic hooks, 1970s. Wonderful coat rack in happy making color tone orange a...
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1970s Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Rare Modernist Red Catalina and Brass Tube Table Light, Italy, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: catalina table light. Origin: Italy Age: 1960s Description: This original vintage table light was designed a...
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Late 20th Century German Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

Italian Modernist Dressboy, 1960s
Located in Appeltern, Gelderland
Space Age plastic dressboy, Italy 1960s/1970s. Beatifully shaped mid century dressboy in white plastic. Plastic round foot, robust round shoulders. Very good looking dressboy in good...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Nickel-Plated Brass and Glass 1960s Bathroom Set by Fontana Arte, Set of 7 Items
Located in Varese, Lombardia
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...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Brass, Nickel

Red Plastic Metal Vintage Coat Stand by Roberto Lucchi and Paolo Orlandini 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
The red plastic and metal vintage coat stand was designed by Roberto Lucchi and Paolo Orlandini circa 1970 for Velca, Legnano, Milano. The stem fea...
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1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Metal

Space Age Red Vintage Plastic Wall Hook Coat Rack Benanti e Brunori, Italy, 1960
Located in Vienna, AT
A Space Age / pop art vintage red plastic wall hook or coat rack Minivip designed by Benanti e Brunori for Velca Legnano Milano, Italy, 1960s. It i...
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1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Racks and Stands

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Plastic

Space Age racks and stands for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Space Age racks and stands for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage racks and stands created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with plastic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Space Age racks and stands made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original racks and stands, popular names associated with this style include Giancarlo Piretti, Giotto Stoppino, Anonima Castelli, and Artemide. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for racks and stands differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $285 and tops out at $10,054 while the average work can sell for $903.

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