Dry Bars
Mid-18th Century Antique Dry Bars
Art Glass
18th Century German Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Walnut
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Metal, Wrought Iron
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Dry Bars
Rosewood, Satinwood
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Metal, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dry Bars
Brass
1780s English George III Antique Dry Bars
Hardwood
1650s Italian Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Iron
Mid-18th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique Dry Bars
Brass
18th Century German Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Walnut
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Dry Bars
Brass
Late 18th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Dry Bars
Maple, Oak, Walnut
Late 17th Century French Régence Antique Dry Bars
Brass
1770s English George III Antique Dry Bars
Mahogany
1740s English George III Antique Dry Bars
Wood
Mid-18th Century English Antique Dry Bars
Brass
Late 18th Century Antique Dry Bars
Mahogany
1790s English George III Antique Dry Bars
Brass, Zinc
17th Century Italian Antique Dry Bars
Walnut
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Metal, Wrought Iron
20th Century English Georgian Dry Bars
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Wood
Mid-18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Iron
18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Wood
1950s Vintage Dry Bars
Crystal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Crystal
1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Dry Bars
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood, Tulipwood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George III Dry Bars
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Metal, Wrought Iron
1670s Dutch Brutalist Antique Dry Bars
Pine
Mid-17th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Dry Bars
Brass
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Metal, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Metal, Wrought Iron
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Metal, Wrought Iron
Early 18th Century English Regency Antique Dry Bars
Mahogany
Late 18th Century American American Classical Antique Dry Bars
Wood
Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Walnut
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Metal, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dry Bars
Metal, Wrought Iron
18th Century English Antique Dry Bars
Mahogany
Antique, New and Vintage Dry Bars
The name “dry bar” can be a bit of a misnomer. After all, the last thing you would want a bar to do is run dry. In this case, the “dry” descriptor in your antique or vintage dry bar doesn’t refer to a lack of drinks. Instead, it serves to differentiate dry-bar furniture from wet-bar installations. The latter is typically a permanent fixture in a home, requiring plumbing to support a built-in sink.
In short, a dry bar is a piece of furniture or tabletop area that you’ve built into your space for mixing cocktails and storing everything needed —bottles, barware and other accessories — for the intoxicating in-home bar you’ve designed.
Some dry bars were built with minimalism in mind. Those crafted by designers associated with mid-century modernism or Scandinvanian modern, for example, likely looked to these as practical furnishings to serve as a cabinet or case piece. But there have been decorative and even outwardly sculptural interpretations by Art Deco furniture makers and those working in the Hollywood Regency style over the years.
No matter what kind of antique, new or vintage dry bar fits your space, these versatile furnishings can definitely elevate your home bar area as well as your hosting. We’ll toast to that!
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