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Carts and Bar Carts For Sale
Creator: Edward Wormley
Edward Wormley Bar Cart for Dunbar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An ebonized bar cart by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, USA, c.1960s. The cart features a white laminate flip top surface with a double sided caned door f...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Dunbar Bar Cart by Edward Wormley in Rosewood, Cork and Slate
Located in Dallas, TX
A sculpted rosewood bar cart with single drawer, cork shelves and slate top. Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
Category
1970s Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Slate
Cork Bar Cart by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, 1960s, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This classic Edward Wormley for Dunbar bar cart, circa 1960s, features a cork top with brass trim and the two lower platforms also w...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Wood, Cork
1950s Edward Wormley for Dunbar Bar Cart
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bar cart by Dunbar. Glass top with two leaves. Made of mahogany.
Category
1950s Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Bar Cart Edward Wormley for Dunbar C1953
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous bar cart/server with a drop down top which is 27 inches and 54 when raised, shelves for bottles, cupboard for glasses and other necessities. Model # 5433 created out of waln...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Mahogany Drop Leaf Bar Cart Model 4487, circa 1950
Located in Saint Louis, MO
This beautiful Dunbar Model 4487 bar cart was designed by Edward Wormley in the early 1950s and features the iconic and whimsical silhouette form made from bent mahogany wood. Dunbar produced some of the most elegant and sought after midcentury furnishings of the time, and this bar cart exemplifies the merger of artful design with function. The bentwood frame is complimented by curved drop leaves that add counter space for preparing your favorite cocktails or for displaying tasty hors d'oeuvres. The top shelf is made of glass - which makes clean up easy and worry free with no risk of staining. Ready to serve? Bottom trays are removable for presentation and for serving your guests. Casters make it easy to roll the bar cart up to center stage for entertaining and returning it to its desired place. In terms of finish and condition, this 1950s Dunbar bar cart...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Edward Wormley for Drexel Precedent Rolling Bar Cart
By Drexel, Edward Wormley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pistachio green rolling bar cart from the Precedent series by Edward Wormley for Dunbar circa 1960.
3 tiered rolling cart featuring a textured glass top and casters.
Precedent by Drexel...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Wood
Handsome Edward Wormley Precedent Collection Bar Cart, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Handsome Edward Wormley for Drexel Precedent collection bar cart. Original light finish with textured glass top and tapered legs on casters. This piece is in vintage condition and do...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Elm
Edward Wormley for Drexel Precedent Rolling Bar Cart
Located in Pasadena, TX
A beautiful rolling bar cart as part of Edward Wormley's Precedent series.
Blonde wood, 3 tiered rolling cart with glass shelf and casters. The top features a frosted glass insert.
Precedent by Drexel...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Flip-Top Serving or Bar Cart
Located in St. Louis, MO
Description: Serving cart, two drawers, base in mahogany with brass
castors, top in walnut with flip-top for extra serving surface, gold Dunbar
label, model number 215, white laminat...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Edward Wormley Dunbar Party Server Bar
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Edward Wormley for Dunbar "party server" or bar cabinet on wheels. Rare and iconic early Wormley design. When extended the top becomes 53.5"L.
Category
1950s American Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
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1960s Rolling Cart by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Sagaponack, NY
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Mid-Century Modern Bar Cart or Tea Trolley by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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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.