Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Pressed bamboo dry bar with stools, Italy, 1970s
Located in amstelveen, NL
Cocktail bar with bar stools, brass, pressed bamboo, smoked mirrored glass, and marble, Italy, 1970s
Unique Hollywood Regency cocktail bar. The counter contains two doors, 2 drawer...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Marble, Brass
Italian Mid-Century Chinoiserie Cocktail Bar Set Attr. to Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Rome, IT
Striking Italian Design Chinoiserie painted wood Cocktail bar set .
The cocktail bar includes a counter element and illuminated cabinet, with burl birch wood sides and brass detail...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Wood
Bar Cabinet Samoa in Wood, Brass and Lacquer
Located in Lisbon, PT
Samoa bar cabinet is a high quality product by Mambo Unlimited Ideas, crafted in polished or matte wood veneer structure and feet, brass applications and lacquered doors. It features...
Category
2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Brazilian Liquor Cabinet attributed to Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in Oakland, CA
Brazilian bar cabinet designed by Guiseppi Scapinelli, 1960 Brazil. Crafted of caviuna wood with locking book-matched doors and interior lined with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Paul Evans and Phillip Lloyd Powell Gold Leaf and Walnut Studio Cabinet, 1963
Located in Dallas, TX
This early studio craft 23 Karat gold leafed cabinet was made as a collaboration between Paul Evans and Phillip Lloyd Powell in the mid 1960s.
The upper storage compartment unlatches to reveal two adjustable felt-lined shelves. The center compartment conceals a vanity complete with three mirrors embellished with torch-cut brazed discs flanked by two vertical rows of lightbulbs. Behind the mirror is a secret hidden storage compartment. Below this feature is a drop-front laminated tray and an open storage compartment. The bottom of the cabinet boasts a bank of five hand-carved solid walnut drawers and the left side has a cut-out with a hidden outlet and a slate surface which would provide a convenient smartphone charging station...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Slate, Brass, Gold Leaf
Wrought Iron and Butcher Block Thirty Bottle Tower Wine Rack by Arthur Umanoff
Located in San Diego, CA
Wrought iron and butcher block thirty bottle wine rack by Arthur Umanoff, circa 1950s. The tower unit measures 14"W x 11"D x 66"H and is made of wrought iron with two wood butcher b...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Iron
Rare Bar Cabinet in Walnut and Brass, 1930's
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare Bar Cabinet in Walnut and Brass, 1930's
Additional Information:
Material: Walnut and brass
Style: Mid century, Scandinavia
Produced in Sweden
Dimensions (W x D x H): 124 x 43.5...
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Rare Mid Century Mexican Woven Bar and Stools Set, Attributed to Edmund Spence
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960, we offer this beautiful and rare mid century Mexican woven bar and stools set. Attributed to Edmund Spence. Made first class mahogany wood.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Mahogany
Dunbar styled Mid Century Rolling Bar Cart
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted smaller sized Mid Century rolling bar cart in a well grained mahogany with black wheels . The cart has one upper drawer ,lower inset shelve and bottom platform sh...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Mahogany
Witco Hacienda Bar and Three Stools
Located in Hanover, MA
25% Discount Sale Price through July 2024, Includes bar and three stools.
Original Witco Hacienda bar (model X265) and THREE stools (model K-55B) by William Westenhaver. Hand and chainsaw carved. No two are identical. Indulge in some cultural appropriation and add this Mid-Century Modern Polynesian Tiki...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Wood
Frans Defour, Belgium, 1970s Bar High Sideboard
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modernist vintage wood inlaid grained oak tiles high sideboard designed by Frans Defour for Defour, 1970s,
Belgium Design. This very rare high bar sideboard is in original good condi...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Leather, Oak
Italian 1960s Mid-Century Modern Wine Dry Bar Cocktail Cabinet Side Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian wallside table or cabinet, ideal as wine holder dry bar or side table with the various central compartments, completed with beautiful carved legs and connecting ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Wood
Joe Colombo Style Italian Cabinet Bar set - 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Uccle, BE
Joe Colombo Style Italian Cabinet Bar set - 1970s
Measurement :
Half moon bar : 143x46cm H:88/101,5cm
The Wall Shelf : 120x10cmH:108cm
This bar cabine...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Laminate, Plywood
Mid Century Modern Danish Steel & Teak Boomerang Dry Bar Eric Buch Drylund 1960
Located in Portland, OR
A good Danish teak "boomerang" dry bar by Erik Buch for Dyrlund circa 1960.
The front being of curvilinear form shaped with a chrome-plated steel footrest and raised on chrome plated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Stainless Steel
Giuseppe Scapinelli Brazilian Liquor Cabinet
Located in Oakland, CA
Brazilian bar cabinet designed by Guiseppi Scapinelli crafted of a dark rosewood frame, locking Pau Marfim doors with inlaid diamond pattern of ros...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-Century Italian Bar Cabinet 1950' Attributed to Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant and unusual bar cabinet.
Decorated front door with finely engraved bird figures. Door panels inside with mosaic mirror and brass and glass shelfs....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Iron and Tile Inlay Bar Cart, Dry Bar, C. 1950's
Located in Culver City, CA
Step into the past with this utterly charming, straight-from-the-1950s Italian bar cart. Black wrought iron, aged to perfection with a rich patina that tells tales of countless parti...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Campaign Style Mahogany Flip Top Dry Bar Cabinet Server or Chest
Located in Plainview, NY
A stylish mid-century campaign style rolling dry bar cabinet server or chest. The functional and mobile dry bar or cabinet server has two unfolding extensions, converting to a serving bar with a painted black top and standing on wheels so it can be easily moved in your space. Made of high quality Mahogany wood, the dry bar serving cabinet is solid and embellished with fine wood grain and burls as well as original brass shell hardware...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Mahogany
Aldo Tura mobile bar 1960 mid-century.
By Aldo Tura
Located in Palermo, IT
Special product given its mid-century characteristics and condition
1960 Aldo Tura "Organetto," lacquered goat parchment cocktail bar cart with gilt brass hardware, key and wheels. T...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Fine Carved and Ebonized Bar Cabinet
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid bar cabinet designed in the 1920s, of fine Italian craftsmanship, with great mastery of woodwork.
The cabinet has two legs at the base that cover the entire depth of the base. The feet are made of wood and have a style that is, to say the least, classical, reminiscent of ancient Greek structures; they are made of white-painted grisaille wood.
The central body has a very massive rectangular shape. Both the base and the top are bevelled and have a frame that protrudes, like the friezes on the columns.
The top is framed by a very classical Greek fret in white painted wood. The base, on the other hand, is made entirely of ebonised wood, which gives an even more sumptuous effect.
The cabinet at the front displays two doors that can be opened by means of a brass key in original patina. Each door is decorated with a rectangular antique Greek frame...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Metal, Brass
1950's Italian Bar, Back Bar and Pair of Brass Bar Stools
Located in Hanover, MA
1950's Italian standing bar, back bar and pair of brass three legged bar stools.
Standing bar has three open cabinets in satin finished palisand...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Guido Faleschini for Mariani Leather and Suede Wrapped Marble Topped Cabinets
Located in Culver City, CA
This pair of cabinet / drybar pair are absolutely stunning! Designed by Guido Faleschini for Mariani in the late 60's, the front of these cabinets is wrapped in a chocolate leather, with chrome drawer and door pulls, with shiny chrome accents; while the sides and the finished backs of the cabinets are wrapped in a slightly lighter chocolate suede (actual leather and suede). The icing on the cake are the marble tops, almost onyx looking, a cream and yellow, heavily veined marble with bullnose finish.
These cabinets absolutely ooze Italian mid century modern luxury down to every detail. These cabinets can be placed together to create a wonderful dry bar area that feature an abundance of storage for your every need.
These cabinets can be seen in our Fall Palm Springs Modernism booth alongside a Vladimir Kagan cloud sofa, a pair of Pierre Paulin Groovy chairs...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Arthur Umanoff Dry Bar Console, 1950's and Stool
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Early dry bar by Arthur Umanoff made of birch and wrought iron. This bar has a white laminate top. and plenty of storage space in the back with many shelves. This bar comes with a ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Wrought Iron
Acerbis mobile bar designed by Giotto Stoppino, 1970
Located in Vittoria, IT
Bar cabinet or sideboard model Parioli produced by Acerbis and designed by Giotto Stoppino
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Sheet Metal
Vintage Boho Henredon Standing Dry Bar
By Henredon
Located in west palm beach, FL
Add a touch of mid-century sophistication to your space with this vintage Henredon standing dry bar. This stunning piece showcases a sleek, tapered silhouette with rich wood grain an...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Rattan Two Shelf Bar Cart With Glass on Casters
By McGuire
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
This beautifully refinished and restored vintage 1970s rattan bar cart brings a touch of tropical elegance to your entertaining space.
Featuring a two-level design, the cart boasts ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Rattan, Glass
Midcentury Rattan Bamboo Drinks Bar Cart / Dry Bar, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Midcentury drinks corner bar cart or bottle stand in rattan and bamboo, Spain, 1960s
The perfect accent as cocktails or drinks corner or bar cart for ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Isabelle and Richard Faure oxidized brass bar cabinet counters 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
A unique bar for a standout look. This unique set of four cabinet counters were created by Isabelle and Richard Faure for Parisian design firm Maison Honore in the late 1970s. Each e...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Burl Wood Bar Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A classicly inspired modern bar cabinet with an inset marble top and a three-quarter gallery. With a figured burl walnut exterior, curved corners, a shaped apron, brass brass-finishe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Marble, Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood and Brass Dry Bar Drinks Cabinet
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful and very elegantly shaped Italian Mid-Century Modern dry bar cabinet, with beveled framed top and brass handles. On the right a nice storage space with a door while on the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Danish Steel & Teak Boomerang Dry Bar Eric Buch Drylund 1960
Located in Portland, OR
A good Danish teak "boomerang" dry bar by Erik Buch for Dyrlund circa 1960.
The front being of curvilinear form shaped with a chrome-plated steel footrest and raised on chrome plated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Stainless Steel
L.A. Studio Interiorismo Solid Wood and Cotton Velvet Upholstered Bar Counter
By L.A. Studio
Located in Ibiza, Spain
This mid-century style bar counter, designed by L.A. Studio, features a solid wood construction with a high gloss wood veneer in an L-shape design. The front surface is upholstered i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Spanish Drinks Stand, Wine Cooler Stand or Planter, Gilt Iron
Located in Barcelona, ES
Wought gilt iron leafed planter or bottle stand standing on a tripod base. Manufactured at the Mid-Century Modern period, Spain, 1950-1960.
This eyecatching handcrafted iron stand features a leafed top standing on a tripod base with scroll endings. The top allows to place a plant, a set of bottles, candles or an ice bucket.
Beautiful to be placed alone or as a set with other gilt iron stands, gueridon tables or planters.
It can be used as a planter, bottle stand / bar corner and champagne cooler stand...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf, Iron
ATOMIC Mid Century MODERN "Grand Server" Boomerang BAR Cabinet, c. 1960’s
By A.H. Stock
Located in Weehawken, NJ
Atomic Mid Century Modern Articulating "Grand Server" Boomerang Bar Cabinet featuring tons of delicious design details. The Grand Server was first showca...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Laminate
Umberto Mascagni for Harrods London Midcentury Italian Bar Cabinet, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Rare and highly collectible bar credenza designed in Italy by Umberto Mascagni from Bologna. Early 1950s three doors cabinet created with reverse painted glass door fronts, two doors...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Aluminum
Aldo Tura Illuminating Dry Bar, 1960s Milan
Located in Raleigh, NC
A striking mid century dry bar by Aldo Tura. Fully lacquered, brass accents abound with fully lighted, mirrored interior. This incredible design speaks for itself, loudly. The lac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
1950s Vintage Italian Maple Burl Wood Cabinet Bar with Cream Leather Panels
Located in New York, NY
Early 1950s rare find Dry Bar / Buffet Cabinet with BOW FRONT, entirely handmade in Italy, in the style of Gio Ponti and Ico Parisi, with central interiors fitted with vintage mirror tiles...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Metal
Svante 'Cortina' Drinks Cabinet
By Svante Skogh
Located in London, GB
This 1960s cabinet, titled the 'Cortina' is Swedish in origin and was designed by Svante Skogh for Säffle Möbelfabrik.
It is set on a very elegant slimline hardwood frame, with tap...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Walnut Storage Cabinet by Glenn of California
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Beautiful midcentury walnut cabinet by Richard Thompson for Glenn of California. Cabinet is beautifully grained walnut with black details, the cabinet also features a gorgeous oversi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Walnut
Midcentury Mahogany Bar Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
An intoxicating Mid-Century Modern bar cabinet. Mahogany parquet door fronts are overlaid with geometric brass diamond trim and Y handles. Set on squa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Mahogany
Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern Two Door Cabinet
Located in Hanover, MA
Classic mahogany cabinet with tooled and gilt diamond pattern green leather door panels and distinctive polished brass door pulls.
Features a single adjustable interior shelf.
De...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Henkel Harris Virginia Galleries Mahogany Two-Tier Drop-Leaf Rolling Server
Located in Germantown, MD
A mid Century Modern Henkel Harris Virginia Galleries Mahogany Two-Tier Drop-Leaf Rolling bar cart, buffet server.Good vintage condition. Measures 38" in width with leaves close, 18"...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Mahogany
Wood and Marble Dry Bar Cart by Angelo Mangiarotti for Molteni, Italy, 1960s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Dry bar cart cabinet in wood and marble top by the italian designer Angelo Mangiarotti for Molteni, the bar is mounted on wheels. Famous design like Mario Sabot, Willy Rizzo, Maison ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Marble
Elevate Your Style with This 1950s Italian Dry Bar in White Murano Glass & Brass
By Gio Ponti
Located in Guazzora, IT
1950s-style Italian white Murano glass and brass cocktail bar
This stunning Italian cocktail bar embodies the essence of mid-century modern design, featuring elegant steam-curved wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Drexel Brass Mount Fruitwood Fold-Top Mini Bar with French Doors
By Drexel
Located in Germantown, MD
A gorgeous Drexel Brass Mount Fruitwood Fold-Top Mini Bar with double French Doors.
Very good vintage condition. Measures 30" in width, 60" in widt...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Fruitwood
Caned Sculptural Cabinet by Vladimir Kagan for Grosfeld House, 1950s, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This very rare sculptural caned cabinet was designed by Vladimir Kagan and crafted by Grosfeld House during the 1950s in New York, documented in early Grosfeld House advertisements (see photos). Featuring sculpted legs, a caned door (with original unaltered caning in excellent vintage condition) with brass handle, and interior outfitted with two compartments, one side with an adjustable shelf. While the cabinet is small in size, it is huge in personality.
Vladimir Kagan's works have been highly valued by collectors and art / design investors, and his earlier works in the 1950s for Grosfeld House and Kagan-Dreyfuss are among the most sought after by 'purist collectors' like myself. Why do I prize his 1950s works above all else? I can write a short book on this, but one easy to explain reason is that this was a period unlike the rest of his career, where items produced in this time are hallmarked within that period - a distinction that his later works lacked. Essentially, everything post the early 60s blended together with the decades thereafter. A novice Kagan collector is content with anything by Kagan, even items produced by Directional and American Leather Company...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Walnut, Cane
Isabelle and Richard Faure oxidized brass bar cabinet counters 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
A unique bar for a standout look. This unique set of four cabinet counters were created by Isabelle and Richard Faure for Parisian design firm Maison Honore in the late 1970s. Each e...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Paolo Buffa Vintage Wooden Furniture and Glass by Fontana Arte 'Attr.'
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid wooden wall cabinet attributed to the great designer Paolo Buffa in the 1950s, with Fontana Arte manufacture for the glass.
The cabinet has a base supported by 6 legs in Bu...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goat Skin Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This stunning piece is a labeled Aldo Tura bar cabinet, a fine example of Italian mid-century modern design. Aldo Tura was a Milanese designer known for his luxurious and distinctive...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Goatskin, Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
Attributed to Paolo Buffa Mid-Century Modern Italian Walnut Round Table, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Attributed to Paolo Buffa
Round table with rounded poplar top, the top is covered in walnut with a herringbone pattern, central column in poplar covered in walnut with the same moti...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture Mid-Century Modern Campaign Rosewood Bar Cabinet, Circa 1960s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mid-Century Modern Campaign style bar cabinet
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Beautiful rosewood, with original brass hard...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Italian 1970's Cocktail Dry Bar in Joe Colombo Style, Italy - circa 1975
By Joe Colombo
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Vintage 1970s Italian Mobile Dry Bar / Cocktail Bar – Mid-Century Modern Elegance
The colour of the dark lacquered wood is an amazing very dark purple / aubergine (almost black).
Th...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Chrome
Paolo Buffa Exceptional Illuminated Liquor Cabinet with Intricate Inlays 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in New York, NY
Remarkable liquor cabinet in Italian mahogany with chevron pattern on sides and front with two doors each displaying four exquisitely inlaid fencing motifs by Paolo Buffa, Italy 195...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Teak Sideboard by Fratelli Proserpio, 1960s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This Italian sideboard has details that reveal the craftsmanship involved in its production. The front composition of two sliding doors in horizontal and vertical wood grain, the cen...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Teak
Baker Styled Walnut Mahogany Bar / Sever Cabinet
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted two piece four door cabinet with book matched wood grained fronts opening to revel two glass and two wooden adjustable shelves with two smaller drawers one with d...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Italian 1970s Dry Bar Cocktail Cabinet Side Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian 1970s drinks dry bar cabinet with beautiful wood and great designed wooden decor craftmanship. Its unique and typical design and shap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Wood
Dry bar by Aldo Tura, Italy 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in HAARLEM, NL
Calice luminated dry bar by Aldo Tura, Italy 1960s. This dry bar made of lacquered goatskin, which is typical for Aldo Tura, is a definate conversation piece. With it’s medieval scen...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Goatskin, Glass, Mirror
Rattan Cart Bar, Mid-Century Modern 1950s
By Thonet
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Mid-Century Modern rattan cart bar, 1950s.
Cart bar, drink or tee cart
This Cart bar is ideal for interior or exterior made with wicker and glass, i...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Rattan
White and Blonde Rolling Bar Cart by Pamio, Toso & Massari for Stilwood, 1960's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rolling bar cart by Giusto Toso for Stilwood, based on a design by the architects Roberto Pamio and Renato Toso, 1960's. Cabinet sits on four wheels, when closed measures 14.5" opens...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Wood
Dunbar styled Rolling Bar / Server Cabinet
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very versatile dark mahogany rolling bar serving cabinet with laminate top having three functions. The first and second are flip up lids that reveal serving wear storage the second has a storage compartment, the third has a pull out mixing platform. Below flip up chrome handles to the doors open and a wine rack, bottle and glass storage with locking...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Revolving Dry Bar Cabinet, circa 1950's
Located in Beirut, LB
This revolving dry bar, has its front with two central niches closed by 2 sliding glass doors, with 2 levels for storage.
A pivoting door allows ope...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
1950s Vintage Italian Maple Burl Wood Cabinet Bar with Cream Leather Panels
Located in New York, NY
Early 1950s rare find Dry Bar / Buffet Cabinet with BOW FRONT, entirely handmade in Italy, in the style of Gio Ponti and Ico Parisi, with central interiors fitted with vintage mirror tiles...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Italian Bar Cabinet 1950' Osvaldo Borsani style
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant and unusual bar cabinet.
Decorated front door with finely engraved bird figures. Door panels inside with mosaic mirror and brass and glass shelfs. Support with two pull-out d...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Wood
Mid century modern drop front bureau cabinet made by Lebus, circa 1960s
By Harris Lebus
Located in Houston, TX
Mid century modern drop front bureau made by Lebus, circa 1960s. Can also be used as a bar cabinet considering its petite size. This unique piece is in very good original condition.
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1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Teak
Bar Cabinet with Zodiac Etched Mirrored Glasses in the Style of Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Rome, IT
Rare Bar Cabinet, front doors decorated with a finely etched Zodiac motifs mirrored glasses.
Resting on four legs. Attributed to Gio Ponti.
Glasses in very good vintage condition.
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Art Glass
Restored Horizontal Stacked Restored Rattan L-shaped Corner Bar w/ Foot Rest
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautifully restored Paul Frankl-inspired, large 68" wide stacked rattan curved Mid-century dry bar. The bar has two shelves along the back for easy storage of spirits and glass...
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1950s Asian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Rattan
Mid-Century Modern Suede Bar by Willy Rizzo with 2 Stools , Italy, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Suede Bar by Willy Rizzo with 2 Stools , Italy, 1970s
Dimensions D: 180 cm (70.87") H: 89/192 cm W: 140 cm (55.12")
Willy Rizzo est un photographe et ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Chrome
Poul Nørreklit Plexiglass Dry Bar
Located in Dronten, NL
Architectural dry bar designed by Poul Nørreklit in 1969 and made by Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik.
Made in white and silver laminate with acrylic supports on aluminium legs. Great fu...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Aluminum
Midcentury Dry Bar/ Cabinet, Poland, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Dry bar, Bytom furniture factory, Poland, 1960s
Very good condition, after professional renovation.
Wood: walnut
Dimensions: Height 79 cm width 80 cm depth 42 cm.
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1960s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Walnut
Richard Young For Merrow Associates Bar Cart / Drinks Trolley from 1965.
Located in London, GB
Richard Young for Merrow Associates Bar Cart, 1965 – Rio Rosewood & Chrome
A bar cart / drinks trolley designed by Richard Young for Merrow Associates in 1965, featuring a chrome-pl...
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1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Arthur Umanoff Bar Wrought Iron Wood Slat
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Vintage 1950s-60s wood slat, rope and wrought iron bar. Features white laminate top with multiple shelves in the back and side. Vintage condition, slight curvature to the top, shows some wear throughout and white rubber edging is missing a few bits in the back, see photos. Great addition to your Mid-Century Modern home...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Danish Teak Credenza, Sideboard, Bar or Cocktail Cabinet
Located in Plainview, NY
A stylish large Mid-Century Modern Danish teak sideboard, credenza, bar or cocktail cabinet featuring fine craftsmanship with plenty of storage room. The cabinet has two sections. The bottom section has a large two door cabinet with a record player attached to a shelf as well as two side door cabinets in a lattice design on each side.
The upper section features a drop down cocktail/ bar mirrored cabinet with white glass holders and installed light and a two door cabinet with multiple storing compartments and shelves also in a lattice pattern as well as two open shelves.
The very useful and stylish MCM teak cabinet...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Teak, Mirror, Wood
Frank Kyle Dry Bar
By Frank Kyle
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
For your consideration, spectacular bar from the early 1950s by sculptor and designer Frank B. Kayle.
For more detailed photographs of the piece, just request them, it will be a ple...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Mid-century Modern dry bars for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern dry bars 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 dry bars created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern dry bars made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original dry bars, popular names associated with this style include Arthur Umanoff, Aldo Tura, Vittorio Dassi, and Osvaldo Borsani. 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 dry bars differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $360 and tops out at $95,000 while the average work can sell for $4,481.