Art Deco Barware
ART DECO STYLE
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged in the 1920s
- Flourished while the popularity of Art Nouveau declined
- Term derives from 1925’s Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris, France
- Informed by Ancient Egypt, Cubism, Futurism, Louis XVI, De Stijl, modernism and the Vienna Secession; influenced Streamline Moderne and mid-century modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
- Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
- Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
- Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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Style: Art Deco
Art Deco Chrome Cocktail fork Set, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Art Deco chrome cocktail fork set originating from France. Features a rack of small cocktail chrome forks, resting on a walnut base. Lovely set in ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Novelty Cocktail Stick Set in Phenolic Bakelite and Chrome
Located in Devon, England
A charming novelty Art Deco 1930s cocktail stick set in the manner of a bird looking at a line up of six berries on a branch leaf. Made in France. Deep red colored phenolic bakelite berries with chromed metal prongs, all supported on a chrome plinth, with what is likely to be a robin bird...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Barware
12 Sterling Silver Julep Cups or Goblets
Located in London, GB
International Silver Co. USA.
A highly unusual set of 12 Sterling silver goblets or julep cups, with gently flared rims, each cup ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
1940s Danish Art Deco Bottle Stopper by Harald Nielsen for Georg Jensen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Georg Jensen 925 sterling bottle stopper. Marked Denmark Sterling Dessin HN 206.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Set of 12 Steuben Handblown Optic Ribbed Amethyst Goblets with Celeste Blue Stem
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a rare set of 12 Steuben water goblets featuring hand blown amethyst optic ribbed bowls and foot and the amazing contrasting turquoise "C...
Category
1910s American Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Crystal
Pair of French Art Deco Glass Decanters
Located in Oakland, CA
A perfect pair of French Art Glass decanters with silver bottle tops. There are alternating panels of clear and textured glass with a hand-carved effect in the etching. The top of th...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco Smoked Amethyst Decanter with Stylized Sterling Silver Foliate Overlays
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous Art Deco decanter was realized in Czechoslovakia, circa 1930. It features a tiered skyscraper style base whose edges are finished with sterling silver, and a conical bo...
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 16 Webb Handblown Crystal Goblets with Art Deco Copper Wheel Engraving
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a fabulous set of 16 handblown crystal goblets made in England by Webb Corbett. What makes these stand out is their size as well as the unusual engraved decoration. The wheel...
Category
1910s English Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Crystal
Scherk Art Deco Crystal and Silver Decanter
By Cartier
Located in Sharon, CT
Marked Scherk.
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Glass
Original Art Deco Chrome and Mirror Modernist Hostess Trolley
Located in Devon, England
Now this really is a fabulous hostess trolley! Original 1930's Art Deco chrome two-tier trolley, with black and mirrored edged glass, very glam! All to...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
American Art Deco Cocktail Shaker with Original Ephemera
By West Bend
Located in Atlanta, GA
American Art Deco cocktail shaker, designed by Ralph Kirchler for West bend aluminium company, circa 1930s. Beautiful Art Deco design in spun aluminium and red Bakelite. It comes with it's original hang tag booklet, entitled "Tipple Tips", a cocktail recipe book...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Aluminum
English Art Deco Crystal and Sterling Silver Locking Decanter by Hukin and Heath
Located in Bath, GB
Highly sought-after and certainly scarce, this is a truly stylish crystal decanter with beautifully cut top. Made by the highly collectible silversmith, Hukin and Heath.
This is a...
Category
1930s English Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Norman Bel Geddes Copper Art Deco Cocktail or Drinks Set
Located in Westport, CT
Norman Bel Geddes copper cocktail, drinks pitcher, with tray and six footed drinks cups, Art Deco.
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Copper
Webb Hand Blown Apple Green Overlay Crystal Decanter Set W/ 12 Cordials
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a perfect set of 12 handblown crystal cordials cut to clear in an Art Deco inspired floral pattern made by Webb, England. The base is cut with a radiating star pattern and an...
Category
1910s English Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Crystal
Dorothy Thorpe Etched Glass and Lucite Tray
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco serving tray by Dorothy Thorpe. The tray has signature etched floral motif, with rope twist Lucite handles. Excellent original condition, marked with the Thorpe cartouche.
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Art Deco Carafe Silver Red and Black Geometrical Design
Located in Weiningen, CH
Art Deco carafe silver red and black geometrical design.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Glass
Vintage English Silver Plated Cocktail Mixer, circa 1930
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and most unusual cocktail mixer, less of a shaker and looking rather like a coffee pot or cafetiere.
Made by the well renowned silversmit...
Category
1930s English Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
French Art Deco Silver Ice Bucket with Fashionable Skyscraper Motif
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco 950 silver ice bucket. Made by Tetard Frères in Paris, circa 1930. Trapezoidal with applied rim and two rectangular supports mounted to stained-wood. Sides gently convex wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Barware
Materials
Silver
Early Silver Mounted glass Art Deco Ice Bucket by Asprey, 1912
Located in London, GB
A highly unusual and early sterling silver mounted, heavy glass wine chiller or ice bucket, the main glass body with etched concentric band decoration, with silver mounted rim and ta...
Category
1910s English Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco pitcher or jug by Maison Desny (1927-1933)
Located in London, GB
A stylish and important Modernist-style cocktail pitcher, the vessel resting upon an elongated curved handle and circular foot, signed ‘DESNY PARIS’.
The firm of Maison Desny (192...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
American Art Deco Chrom Champagne Bucket
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco chrome plated champagne bucket with geometric shape & fluted trim with ring handles; panel with figure & 2 deer designed by Rockwell Kent (CHASE) (Ref: Magazine Ant...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Sterling Silver Hand Blown 'Champagne Magnum' Wine Decanter, Hallmarked, 2016
By Pullman Editions Ltd.
Located in London, GB
An unusual, sterling silver mounted wine decanter in the form of a Champagne magnum, in hand blown glass with a sterling silver ‘neck’ and hinged cap in the form of a Champagne cork, which lifts to reveal a glass stopper beneath. Modelled on the English decanters of the late 1800s, of similar form and slightly more robust form.
Designed by Pullman Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Design - Locking Decanter by Hukin & Heath - Made in 1923
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1923 by Hukin & Heath, this very stylish, Antique Glass & Sterling Silver Decanter, features a locking mechanism, and is in the Art Deco taste.
The deca...
Category
1920s English Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Czech Modernist Two Decanter Set Art Deco Eight Glasses
Located in Oakland, CA
Czech Modernist Two Decanter Set Art Deco Eight Glasses. Art Deco Modernist Decanter set was made in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s with a dramatic black glass and etched design....
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Glass
Very Rare Sterling Silver Menu Cocktail Shaker - Art Deco - Linksy circa 1930
Located in London, London
Made circa 1930 by Linsky in Tientsin in China, this very rare example of a Sterling Silver Recipe Cocktail Shaker, features a rotating central section which reveals various cocktail...
Category
1930s Chinese Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Gorham Sterling Silver Tray with Black Laminate
By Gorham
Located in valatie, NY
Art Deco Gorham sterling silver tray with black laminate. The iconic Gorham bar tray.
Trent Antiques has been a respected name in antiques for over 30 years with a large collection of period...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Gorham Sterling “STOPLIGHT JIGGER” Measuring Cup
By Gorham
Located in Spencertown, NY
The handsome solid silver beaker
Marked below GORHAM STERLING
354
“STOPLIGHT JIGGER”
3 1/2
2 1/2
1 oz
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Silver
Ralph Lauren Wentworth Bar Set With Faux Tortoise Handles
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Centennial, CO
A classic Ralph Lauren hostess bar set which includes a tray, ice scoop, bottle opener, and shot glass jigger. Made of nickel plated brass with faux tortoise handles. The Ralph Laure...
Category
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Nickel
Art Deco Bartender Touch Tip Ronson Cigarette Lighter Circa 1930's
By Ronson
Located in London, GB
A Ronson desk top Touch-Tip lighter featuring a Jazz era bartender shaking a martini behind his Streamlined Art Deco era Cocktail bar.
This Desk features a flint touch tip lighter fo...
Category
1930s Central American Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Metal
Nocturne Micarta Serving Tray by George Switzer for Westinghouse
Located in New York, NY
This Art Deco Micarta Serving Tray, is a rare surviving example of Westinghouse's celebrated Nocturne Plat series, designed by George Switzer in 1932. F...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Bakelite
20th Century Silver Plated Art Deco Cocktail Shaker By Christofle, France c.1950
By Christofle
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A quality cocktail shaker in silver plate by Christofle, made in France around middle part of the 20th century. It is part of the Gallia collection which was an innovative alloy whic...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Art Deco Ice Bucket in the Form of a Parakeet Austria Circa 1930
Located in London, GB
Art Deco Barware Ice Bucket in the Form of a Parakeet, Austria, circa 1930
This is a very unusual Barware item and well made not only the head but also the plated lower rim section,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Barware
Materials
Ceramic
Large Silver Plated Cocktail Shaker by Bernard Rice's Sons
Located in San Francisco, CA
A substantial and stylish American cocktail or martini shaker of unusually large size, made and signed on the base by Bernard Rice's Sons. This piece was from the Apollo line of plat...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco alpaca Champagne Bucket vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco alpaca Champagne Bucket vienna around 1920s
Polished
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Alpaca
Art Deco Cocktail Jigger in Chrome with Red Bakelite Detailing
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and functional Art Deco Cocktail Jigger in Chrome with Red Bakelite detailing, this piece originates from the United States Circa 1930. The conical form is fabricated in ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Glo-Hill Traffic Light Spirit Measure / Jigger "Safe / Caution / Danger"
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Chrome cylindrical spirit measure / jigger with red Bakelite handle made by Glo-Hill. The cylindrical 'stop light' measure with green, yellow and red "lights" labeled "SAFE", "CAUTIO...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Glass Markers Barware Cocktail Set by Sudre, Sailor and Flags
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sudre, Paris designs this stunning French Art Deco barware accessory glass-markers for cocktails and parties. The bar piece features a chromed metal silhouette of a French Navy sailo...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Chrome
Art Deco Silver Plate Champagne Bucket / Wine Bucket by Walker & Hall
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco silver plate champagne bucket / wine cooler of tapered form with incised bands and squared fixed handles, the interior with a pierced strainer se...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco Ruby Glass Cocktail Shaker with Chrome Rim and Cover with Strainer
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco ruby glass cocktail shaker with chrome rim topped with a high domed chrome lid with central cap over an integral strainer.
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Ribbed Glass Ice Bucket in a Chrome Stand with Red Bakelite Handles
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco ice bowl of cylindrical clear glass with rings around the sides in a low chrome stand with a repeated ring pattern and with applied pierced handled extending to the top of t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Glo-Hill Chrome Cobbler Type Cocktail Shaker w/Red Bakelite Cap
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage cobbler type cocktail shaker by Glo-Hill in chrome with mottled red and black faux tortoiseshell octagonal cap on a domed lid.
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Glo-Hill Chrome and Bakelite Cocktail Shaker Caddy Set w/Tong & Opener
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Glo-Hill chrome and Bakelite cocktail shaker caddy set - chrome with mottled red faux tortoiseshell Bakelite, cylindrical shaker with stepped conical top and Bakelite cap sit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
French Art Deco 1935 By Sudre White Barman Cocktail Picks Holder Makassar Wood
By Cado, Raymond Sudre
Located in Miami, FL
Barman cocktail picks holders bar designed by Sudre.
Fabulous and very elusive piece, created in France by Sudre during the art deco period, back in the 1935. This is a striking 193...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Frosted Glass Lady’s Leg Cocktail Shaker and Glasses
Located in New Orleans, LA
Playful and provocative, this cocktail shaker by West Virginia Specialty Glass Co. takes the form of a lady's leg. The leg is crafted of frosted glass and is accessorized with a silverplate dancing shoe. A silverplate lid tops the shaker, and it comes with six matching frosted glass cups...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Port Hole Nautical Ice Bucket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Port Hole Topped Ice Bucket Designed and Built by Michael Smith and Depression Modern. Clever design with a interior removable liner to hold ice. Cov...
Category
1980s American Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Art Deco Cut Glass Enamel Decanter Set, By Karl Palda, Czech, c1930
By Karl Palda
Located in Devon, England
Very high quality, very striking looking 1930's Art Deco Czech glass decanter set. Features a classic shape crystal decanter with stopper and six decent sized glass tumblers . The wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Barware
Materials
Cut Glass
Art Deco Novelty Cocktail Sticks 'Kick Boxer' By Sudre, French, 1930's
Located in Devon, England
Original French wonderful novelty cocktail stick set unsigned by SUDRE with 6 cream bakelite and chrome cocktail sticks. These sets are very rare and sought after , dating from the 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Barware
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
2 Antique Art Deco Sparklets Seltzer Bottles Mesh Wire Siphon Syphon Barware
Located in Dayton, OH
2 early 20th century art deco style Sparklets seltzer bottles or syphons, wrapped in a lattice of wire mesh. Glass marked along the bottom "Made in Czechoslovakia". Measure: 13".
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Barware
Materials
Metal
Luc Lanel for Christofle Pair Wine / Champagne Cooler - Ondulations c.1932
By Christofle, Luc Lanel
Located in Bath, GB
A rare opportunity to secure a pair of Art Deco silver plated Champagne buckets designed by the celebrated Luc Lanel for Christofle designed in1932. A stylish ribbed vessel with wit...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco, Paden City Glass Cocktail Shaker in the Glades Pattern, Ruby W/Silver
By Paden City
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco period cocktail shaker in the Glades pattern by Paden City Glass. In ruby red glass with silver bands above a rib molded base and with a high...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
French Art Deco Snake Charmer Chrome and Bakelite Cocktail Picks Hors d’oeuvres
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A French Art Deco cocktail pick set featuring a snake charmer playing his pungi for a basket of green snakes. The six picks fan out on curved chrome picks to resemble cobras being hypnotized by the snake charmer. The picks have green bakelite finials. These cocktail pick holders...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Heisey Art Deco Swirled Oval Ice Pail with Hammered Copper Handle
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco, Heisey Glass "Moongleam Twist" ice bucket of oval pail form with hammered copper handle. The oval bucket with a swirl-ribbed body is marked on t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Copper
Art Deco Cocktail Shaker with White Diamonds over Red Arrows
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco cocktail shaker in clear glass with a domed chrome lid with side pour spout and integral strainer. The clear glass body decorated with a double row of white enamel diamonds ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Ruby Red Glass Cocktail Shaker with a Stepped High Dome Chrome Lid
Located in Nantucket, MA
Ruby red glass cocktail shaker with a stepped high-domed chrome lid with a side pour spout.
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Cocktail Shaker Set, Top Hat, Gloves, Walkingstick and Musical Notes
By Hazel-Atlas
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco cocktail shaker and 10 cocktail glasses (3"h x 2-1/2"Diam, wear to gold rims on some) decorated with top hats, gloves, walking sticks and musical notes in black and white en...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Cocktail Set with Silver Check Pattern on Ribbed Optical Glass
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage cocktail set consisting of a cocktail pitcher, ice bowl and six highball glasses. The clear vertically ribbed glass having an optical effe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Glass
Art Deco, Paris Metro Theme, Drinks Markers and Stand with Map of Paris Metro
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco drink markers with the names of Paris Metro stations. The celluloid markers printed with station names clip onto two celluloid banners raised on...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Barware
Materials
Bakelite
Art Deco Ice Bowl, Chrome with Red Bakelite Handles and Ribbed Glass Liner
Located in Nantucket, MA
Hard to find Art Deco ice bowl of horizontally ribbed glass in chrome plated stand with repeated ribs and red Bakelite handles.
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Barware
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco barware for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Art Deco barware for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage barware created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Deco barware made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original barware, popular names associated with this style include Christofle, Hazel-Atlas, AIREDELSUR, and Mappin & Webb. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for barware differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $53 and tops out at $58,000 while the average work can sell for $733.
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