The wooden tennis racket was the standard from the sport's origins in the 1870s through the late 1970s, when graphite and aluminum took over and changed the game forever. This Davis and Wilson pair with their original leather grips, aged gut stringing, and painted throat detailing — are artifacts of a more unhurried era of the sport, when tennis was played in whites on grass courts at seaside clubs.
Style it: Cross and hang on a wall, lean against a bookshelf, or prop in an umbrella stand alongside walking sticks and oars for an effortlessly sporting entryway.
