Carts and Bar Carts
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Iron
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Gold Plate
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Brass
1970s Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s Dutch Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
1970s Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Mirror, Lucite
1970s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Chrome
1970s European Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Aluminum
1970s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Chrome
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
1970s Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Lucite
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Wood, Pine
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Chrome
1970s French Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Plastic
1970s Italian Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Belgian Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Gold Plate
1970s Italian Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Wood, Bentwood
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Resin
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Rattan, Plexiglass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Aluminum
1970s Dutch Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
1970s Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Brass, Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Chrome
1970s French Other Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s German Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s German Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s German Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Pottery, Oak
Antique and Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
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.