Carts and Bar Carts
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Carts and Bar Carts
Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Crystal, Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Ceramic, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1850s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Antique Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s French Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Bamboo, Rattan
1970s Art Deco Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Wrought Iron
2010s Chinese Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Ash
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Elm
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Teak
Early 20th Century French Provincial Carts and Bar Carts
Wrought Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Teak
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Laminate, Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Carts and Bar Carts
Aluminum
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Aluminum
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Walnut
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Carts and Bar Carts
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Chrome
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
1920s French Industrial Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Steel, Iron
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1950s American Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1940s American Industrial Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Iron, Metal
2010s Chinese Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Ash
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Carts and Bar Carts
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Wicker, Rattan
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.