Carts and Bar Carts
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Brass
20th Century Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Goatskin
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1960s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Metal
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1950s French Neoclassical Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Gold Plate
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Mirror, Smoked Glass
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Goatskin
1950s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Chrome
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Steel
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1930s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Mirror
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Chrome
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.