A grand antique bentwood coat, hat and umbrella stand

An early 1900s bentwood freestanding coat stand of epic proportions.

In dark stained beech wood, with a wonderful wear down to a warm lighter brown in many ‘high traffic’ parts, which can only form with a century of use.

This piece came out of the recently closed down United Services Mess, a private members club in the centre of Cardiff, which opened in 1909 by senior officers at Maindy Barracks, and whose first president was Godfrey, Viscount Tredegar, who took part in the famous charge into the “Valley of Death” of the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War.

The coat stand was likely bought for it’s opening and remained in situ until last month.

With an iconic stylish looping structure spiraling into the centre, at the base which makes an ideal spot for standing umbrellas, the ball-ended hooks for coats, and more large upwardly curling branches for hats and scarves.

This whole upper section can be rotated for easy access to a specific item.

One of the ball ends and one of the top curling hat branches have been lost to the ravages of time. Please see relevant close up photos.

Beautifully turned finished at the top and the base and the decorative flair of the the grand hoops, the century of wear and the grandeur of this piece make it a unique and desirable, and still very useful rare old beast.

Measures 205cm tall X 73cm max width, at base.

An early 1900s bentwood freestanding coat stand of epic proportions.

In dark stained beech wood, with a wonderful wear down to a warm lighter brown in many ‘high traffic’ parts, which can only form with a century of use.

This piece came out of the recently closed down United Services Mess, a private members club in the centre of Cardiff, which opened in 1909 by senior officers at Maindy Barracks, and whose first president was Godfrey, Viscount Tredegar, who took part in the famous charge into the “Valley of Death” of the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War.

The coat stand was likely bought for it’s opening and remained in situ until last month.

With an iconic stylish looping structure spiraling into the centre, at the base which makes an ideal spot for standing umbrellas, the ball-ended hooks for coats, and more large upwardly curling branches for hats and scarves.

This whole upper section can be rotated for easy access to a specific item.

One of the ball ends and one of the top curling hat branches have been lost to the ravages of time. Please see relevant close up photos.

Beautifully turned finished at the top and the base and the decorative flair of the the grand hoops, the century of wear and the grandeur of this piece make it a unique and desirable, and still very useful rare old beast.

Measures 205cm tall X 73cm max width, at base.