Dry Bars
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dry Bars
Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dry Bars
Iron
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Steel, Chrome
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Dry Bars
Oak
1980s Canadian Post-Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Glass, Lacquer, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Cut Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Bronze, Metal
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Dry Bars
Oak
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Dry Bars
Brass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Metal, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Dry Bars
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Steel, Wrought Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Marble, Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Chrome, Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Iron
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Dry Bars
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Metal
20th Century Italian Dry Bars
Brass
2010s Romanian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Steel
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Dry Bars
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Dry Bars
Brass
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Dry Bars
Steel, Wrought Iron
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Wood
Early 20th Century French Industrial Dry Bars
Steel, Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dry Bars
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Dry Bars
Chrome
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Ceramic, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Brass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Dry Bars
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Fiberglass, Paint
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dry Bars
Metal, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Metal, Steel
Late 17th Century French Régence Antique Dry Bars
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
1950s French Vintage Dry Bars
Iron
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dry Bars
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dry Bars
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Brutalist Dry Bars
Metal
2010s German Art Deco Dry Bars
Brass
2010s Ukrainian Minimalist Dry Bars
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Dry Bars
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dry Bars
Brass
2010s Italian Brutalist Dry Bars
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Brutalist Dry Bars
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dry Bars
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Dry Bars
Metal
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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