Antique Wood Tea Cart
1850s French Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Wood Tea Cart
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Other Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wicker, Reed, Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century American Other Antique Wood Tea Cart
Fabric, Wicker, Reed, Wood
Early 20th Century American Other Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wicker, Reed, Wood
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Wood Tea Cart
Glass, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Wood Tea Cart
Iron, Wrought Iron
19th Century English Other Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
19th Century English Antique Wood Tea Cart
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Antique Wood Tea Cart
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Wood Tea Cart
Metal, Brass
20th Century French Antique Wood Tea Cart
Crystal
Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Antique Wood Tea Cart
Gold Plate
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Wood Tea Cart
Maple
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Wood Tea Cart
Oak
2010s Portuguese Rustic Antique Wood Tea Cart
Ceramic, Cotton, Glass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Wood Tea Cart
Crystal, Metal
1940s Italian Modern Antique Wood Tea Cart
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century French Black Forest Antique Wood Tea Cart
Oak
2010s British Louis XVI Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Antique Wood Tea Cart
Marble, Steel
1960s French Neoclassical Antique Wood Tea Cart
Marble, Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Wood Tea Cart
Glass, Oak
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Wood Tea Cart
1920s European Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood
Early 20th Century English Antique Wood Tea Cart
Iron
Early 20th Century English Antique Wood Tea Cart
Iron
Early 20th Century English Antique Wood Tea Cart
Early 20th Century Unknown Archaistic Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wicker, Wood
Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood
1920s Italian Art Deco Antique Wood Tea Cart
Art Glass, Wood
1880s English Victorian Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
Early 20th Century English Antique Wood Tea Cart
19th Century English Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
Early 20th Century Australian Art Deco Antique Wood Tea Cart
Maple, Walnut, Burl
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Wood Tea Cart
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Regency Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
1920s English Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood
Early 20th Century English Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood
Late 19th Century American Chinoiserie Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Wood Tea Cart
Metal
1910s American Late Victorian Antique Wood Tea Cart
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Wood Tea Cart
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood, Paint
19th Century English Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
19th Century English Other Antique Wood Tea Cart
Metal
Early 20th Century American Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wicker, Wood
1920s English Edwardian Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood
1920s English Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
Early 20th Century American Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood, Glass, Reed
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood, Ceramic
Early 20th Century American Antique Wood Tea Cart
Reed
Early 20th Century American Antique Wood Tea Cart
Reed
19th Century American Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood, Reed
Early 20th Century American Antique Wood Tea Cart
Oak, Reed
Early 20th Century American Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wicker, Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century English Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood
Early 20th Century French Antique Wood Tea Cart
Steel, Metal
18th Century and Earlier Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood
Early 20th Century French Antique Wood Tea Cart
Wood
Early 20th Century American Antique Wood Tea Cart
Brass
Early 20th Century American Antique Wood Tea Cart
Oak, Reed
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Finding the Right bar-carts for You
Forever a sleek and elegant furnishing that evokes luxury and sophistication, a vintage bar cart will prove both functional and fabulous in your living room.
Bar carts as we know them were originally conceived as tea trolleys — a modest-sized table on wheels, sometimes featuring both an upper and lower shelf — to help facilitate tea service during the Victorian era in England. Modern bar carts weren’t really a common fixture in American interiors until after the end of Prohibition in the 1930s, when they were rolled onto the sets of Hollywood films. There, they suggested wealth and status in the dining rooms of affluent characters.
As tough as the 1930s had been on the average working American, the postwar era yielded economic stability and growth in homeownership. Increasingly, bar carts designed by the likes of Edward Wormley and other furniture makers became an integral part of sunken living rooms across the United States in the 1950s.
Bar carts were a must-have addition to the sensuous and sleek low-profile furnishings that we now call mid-century modern, each outfitted with the finest spirits and savory snacks that people had to offer. And partially owing to critical darlings like Mad Men, vintage cocktail carts have since seen a resurgence and have even become a selling point in restaurants.
Bar carts not only boast tremendous utilitarian value but also introduce a fun, nostalgic dynamic to the layout of your space, be it in the bar area or elsewhere. In addition to showcasing your favorite bottles of rye and local small-batch gin — or juices and mocktail ingredients — there is an undeniable allure to stacking statement glassware, vintage martini cocktail shakers and Art Deco decanter sets atop your fully stocked mid-century modern bar cart. And one size or style doesn’t fit all — an evolution of cocktail cart design throughout history has yielded all manner of metal bar carts, rattan carts and more.
We invite you to add a few more dashes of class to cocktail hour — peruse the vast collection of antique and vintage carts and bar carts on 1stDibs today.
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