Coat rack
Category
Furniture
Date
1940 - 1960
Materials
Metal, Plastic
Measurements
180 mm (Width); 500 mm (Length)
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20 Forthlin Road, Allerton, Merseyside
NT 203101
Caption
A ‘Sputnik’ coat rack was a popular addition to many homes in the late 1950s. The first Russian space satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched into orbit in October 1957, rapidly bringing the motifs of the Space Age into domestic design.
Summary
Coat rack, black rod in a W shape with coloured (red, green, yellow, orange blue) plastic balls at each point