Plywood Carts and Bar Carts

Crafted circa 1960, this Mid Century Bar Cart is a singular marvel, marrying sophistication with functionality. Crafted from a sumptuous blend of brown burl, plywood, and root wood, ...

This rare round cabinet on hidden wheels designed by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno is made out of lacquered plywood, laminate, leather and steel. The dark grey lacquered plywood interior...

Alvar Aalto, an original 1930's modernist birch tea trolley model 98, manufactured by Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab for Artek and distributed by Finmar ltd...

French Mathieu Matégot style Trolley with Wood Top. The wooden top fixed to the steel flame. And Black color flame. Its wooden top is covered with a cloth ...

Mid century serving cart. Model PT10 designed by Cees Brakeman for Pastoe in the 1950s. It has two trays made of shaped plywood. The frame is also made of plywood. Well designed piece with very nice details. It stands on the original castors. The cart can be disassembled. It was sold originally as flat packed furniture. For shipping it will be disassembled for safer and easier transport. Easy to put back together again with the original brass bolts. The wood gained a beautiful dark patina through the years. UMS Pastoe b.v. is a Dutch furniture manufacturer from Utrecht, which designs and produces furniture under the Pastoe brand name. This company was founded on April 13, 1913 in Utrecht as UMS, which stood for Utrechtse Machinale Stoel- en Meubelfabriek. The name Pastoe comes from "passe partout" and was added to the name after the Second World War Well-known designs are the wire steel chair SM05 by Cees Braakman and Adriaan Dekker, the cabinets by Aldo van den Nieuwelaar and Vision by Karel Boonzaaijer and Pierre Mazairac. Pastoe has worked with graphic designers such as Dick Bruna and Benno Premsela, photographers such as Ed van der Elsken and Cas Oorthuys and designers such as Shiro Kuramata, Shigeru Uchida, Maarten Van Severen and Vincent van Duysen. Frits Loeb founded the factory in 1913 under the name Utrechtse Machinale Stoel- en Meubelfabriek (UMS). This was located at Oosterkade 30 in Utrecht. The furniture that was produced was initially intended for his store at the Ganzenmarkt in Utrecht, but soon it was sold at various points of sale in the Netherlands. When the space on the Oosterkade had become too small, the factory moved around 1918 to the building of the former Tegelfabriek 'Holland' on the Rotsoord. Since 2016, the factory has been on the Tugboat in Houten. UMS focused on the general public with its furniture. Business manager and designer Dirk Lubertus Braakman varied on the designs of the Amsterdam school. Although the business design style did not suit the taste of the general public, UMS continued to engage in innovative design, with influences from Scandinavia and art deco. After World War II After the Second World War, Loeb found an empty factory. He decided to rebuild UMS, with his cousin Frits Ullman assisting him. In the first years after the war, UMS mainly worked on behalf of third parties and did not yet have a permanent collection. Around 1947, the factory set a different course, with contemporary design central. In 1948, the new brand name Pastoe was introduced, which was added to the abbreviation UMS. Business manager and designer Cees Braakman, after a study trip through the United States, introduced a new technique of curved plywood and persuaded Loeb and Ullman to use this production method. Due to the use of this new technique, no more reference was made to the craft. New materials such as plywood finished with oak and birch veneer characterized the designs. The new production technique provided the subdued and sober design that later became the company's trademark. UMS Pastoe joined the Good Living Foundation. The focus of the UMS Pastoe collection was mountain furniture, where the consumer could put together a cabinet himself. This new concept of flexible cabinet systems was developed in 1955 in the cabinet system Meubelen-naar-maat. In this series, the cabinet could not only be assembled by the consumer himself, but also expanded later. This series was a great success at home and abroad. This became clear when the teak version was awarded a silver medal in 1957 at the 11th Triennale in Milan and Le Signe d'Or in Belgium. In 1968, the company received the BKI Award for the innovation of PVC-coated chipboard that is milled transversely; the plates could then be folded into a cube. This technique was applied in the 1967 Pastoe Cube...

Sculptural two-tier maple serving cart with beautiful textured glass top on three metal casters. Made in Sweden, 1960s, with solid maple spherical handle.   

Tea Cart or Trolley model 901 designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto for Artek. Made in Finland. Manufactured probably in the 1950s. Birch frame, contrasting shelving with black linoleum, ...

Vintage Midcentury Modern Dutch Design "ROLO" Tea Trolley by Cees Braakman for UMS Pastoe Utrecht. Model PB31. Made in the Netherlands / Holland, 1950's period. Birch plywood constru...

Art Deco bar cart, hardwood frame with plywood with black glass button and mirror top on glass (plexiglass?) wheels. Made in Austria in the late 1...

Vintage Italian trolley on 4 wheels. This cocktail bar drinks cart was made in Italy in a 1970s Hollywood Regency style. It has surrounded by a filigree brass railing around an oval ...

Scandinavian Modern serving trolley, bar cart, hardwood frame with plywood with two drawels, legs on brass wheels. Made in Sweden in the late 1960s.

This bar cart was designed by architect Virginia Galimberti Scoccimarro in the late 1950s and it was manufactured by Adrasteia. Adrasteia was a manufacturer active in Brianza, in the...

Exceptionally beautiful and very high quality Italian bar trolley or tea trolley from the 1960s. Very nice detailed design and high-quality workmanship. Condition: Very good v...

A black-lacquer metal, brass and moulded walnut plywood bar cart, design attributed to Campo & Graffi, presumably manufactured by Home, Italy, c. 1950s.

A black-lacquer metal, brass and moulded walnut plywood bar cart, design attributed to Campo & Graffi, presumably manufactured by Home, Italy, c. 1950s.

Stylish and elegant Italian Mid-Century Modern Jatoba wood two tier serve / bar trolley with two removable serving trays. This beautiful trolley is in very good condition and can be ...

Exceptional modernist bar cart, created by a Czech architect for his house. It is made of aluminum and walnut; the trays are removable for serving. ...

The Bar Cart is created with multiple layers of Birch Plywood and then carved to expose the different colored layers. The Removable Tray, Top and Base R...

Unique drinks cart / trolley composed of a wrought iron frame with mixed metal inset panels accessorized with plywood trays and wicker baskets, all supported by caster wheels (ca. 1950s, Italy). Inserts can be configured in different ways, as shown, and serving accessories are thoughtfully included to allow for a simple transition from trolley to tabletop when entertaining. Very good, vintage condition with heavy patina to the steel push bar...

Brazilian bar cart in wood veneer and brass, 1950' Structured in moulded plywood veneered with beautiful grains and embellished with brass sections....

Mid-Century Modern organic vintage bar cart or tea cart from cherry, brass and cords by Max Kment Kunstgewerbliche Werkstätten 1950s Austria. While the bar cart shows two tiers, one...

Mid-Century Modern, vintage serving tea cart consisting of moulded plywood and chrome. Produced in Germany in the 1950's.

Mid-Century Modern, vintage serving tea cart consisting of laminated wood and chrome. Produced in Germany in the 1950s. Very good vintage condition.

Very nice design (Tea) trolley by Cees Braakman for Pastoe in the 1950s. It shows cosmetic wear but no structural issues, cracks or instability. Its tray can be removed. Signed piece!