Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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
Pair of 1970s bar trollys by luigi massoni
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Italy
Designer: Luigi Massoni
Manufacturer: Guzzini
Era: 1970s
Materials: Plastic
Measurements: 25.5″ wide x 25.5″ deep x 23.75″ tall
Condition: In excellent original condit...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
$1,800 / set
Mid Century Modern Iron Bar with Raffia and 3 Stools by Arthur Umanoff
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Arthur Umanoff 4 PC set which includes the large, 60 inch bar with shelving and 3 original bar stools. This set is in great original condition with no issues at all. Wood, R...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Iron
Vivai del Sud Bamboo Wicker Bar Cart Drinks Vine Bottle Stand, Vintage Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This southern bar cart would make a great addition to your home. It is made from bamboo wood and features a vintage finish that gives it an authentic look. It has three shelves, the ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
$1,136 Sale Price
20% Off
Clean Lined Mid Century Aluminum Bar Cart
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean Lined Mid Century Aluminum Bar Cart, American, circa 1960s. It is constructed of aluminum with light gray glass shelves. It is a versatile size and can be used as a bar cart, o...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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Metal, Aluminum
Renato Forti Bar Cart / Work Unit, Italy, 1950s
By Renato Forti
Located in Milan, IT
Rare designer Renato Forti bar cart/work unit, Italy, 1950s
Renato Forti is most known for his Lighting design collaborations with Giuseppe Ostuni for Oluce...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Charles Hollis Jones Lucite & Nickel Bar Cart from the "Metric" Collection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning and beautiful Lucite and polished nickel bar-cart designed and manufactured by Charles Hollis Jones as part of his "Metric" collection designed and manufactured in the 1960s...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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Nickel
Bar cart In Rosewood, Designed By Johannes Andersen From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
The rolling table in rosewood, designed by Johannes Andersen and manufactured by Silkeborg Møbelfabrik in the 1960s, is an example of Danish furniture art from the mid-20th century. ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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Rosewood
Mid Century Modern Organic Vintage Walnut Brass Bar Cart Vienna Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern Organic Modernist vintage bar cart serving trolley from walnut and brass Vienna 1950s attributed to Oswald Haerdtl.
An amazing vintage wheel supported bar cart or serving trolley in warm brown wooden color tone from walnut with rounded edges, brass and clear glasses. While the walnut frame and the brass handles points out the modernist appearance, two clear glass tiers gives the cart elegance and lightness.
This bar cart could perfectly blend old and new, a mix from different periods and styles could enrich spaces and makes your environment unique.
This investment piece will still look chic for the next coming decades.
This bar cart could be paired beautifully to Contemporary as well as Mid Century Modern furnitures.
Good and beautiful condition with minor signs of age.
approx. measures:
Length: 82 cm
Depth: 44 cm
Height: 63.5 cm
Oswald Haerdtl ( 1899 - 1959 )
Architect and designer in Vienna
He worked together with Josef Hoffmann in his atelier and projected as one of his first architecture works the pavillon for "Exposition internationale des Art Decoratifs et industriel modernes" in Paris as assistent by Max Fellerer.
For the world exhibition in Bruxelles 1935 and in Paris 1937 he designed the Pavillons for Austria.
Josef Frank as the leader from the Werkbundsiedlung invited Oswald Haerdtl to create a duplex. During this time he got to know Jean Lurcat, Andre Lurcat, Ferdinand Leger...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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Brass
Mid-Century Modern Danish Teak Rolling Table Bar Cart After Poul Hundevad
Located in Plainview, NY
A Mid-Century Modern Danish rolling bar cart attributed to the iconic designs of Poul Hundevad ( Danish 1917 -2011), reflecting the impeccable craftsmanship and minimalist elegance o...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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Teak
Barcart 1970s with smoked glass
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Barcart 1970s
With smoked glass and chromed frame on wheels.
Beautiful patina.
H-73cm, W-82cm, D-43cm
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1970s Slovenian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal, Chrome
$795 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Italian 1950's Serving Cart in Bent Plywood
Located in Palermo, IT
Stylish and restored service cart with double plywood shelf folded on the sides, with wheels and brass finishes. Italian production from the 1950s.
Wear consistent with age and use.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
1950s Black Lacquer Trolley by Ico Parisi with Removable Serving Trays
By Ico Parisi
Located in London, GB
A 1950s cart trolley in black lacquer by Ico Parisi with the top two trays being removable serving trays with orignal castors.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Rare Arthur Umanoff Wood Drop-Leaf Bar/Tea Cart, ca. 1950’s
Located in Hampstead, QC
A very rare drop-leaf bar/tea cart by the American industrial designer Arthur Umanoff (1923-1985). His work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New ...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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Walnut
Mathieu Matégot Black & Red Finish Bar Cart on Casters French Mid-Century Modern
Located in Miami, FL
French Mathieu Matégot bar cart in red & black finish, features hand made mesh baskets and comes with the original rubber wheels.
All working...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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Metal, Steel
Trolley Serving Bar Cart "Pipe" in Goatskin and Brass by Aldo Tura, Italy 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Rome, IT
Aldo Tura design lacquered goatskin and brass bar cart trolley with 2 tiers, a pipe-shaped ice receptacle, and beautiful brass moun...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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Metal, Brass
Round Geometric Bar Table Revolving Iron Rosewood Laminate, 1950s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Old round geometric bar table revolving iron rosewood laminate, 1950s.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Iron
Italian Bar Cart with Removable Tray, Brass & Lacquered Wood
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Rome, IT
Mid-century Italian design, this bar cart from the 1950s showcases a fusion of materials and functional artistry. Constructed from brass, metal, wood, and glass, the cart features a...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Cesare Lacca Brass, Glass and Dark Wood Bar Cart, Italy, 1960s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Palermo, IT
Very elegant two-level bar cart, with geometric lines in gilded brass and dark wood with three circular slots for bottles. Attributable to Cesare Lacca, Italian production in the 60s...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
$584 Sale Price
50% Off
Serving Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca in Wood, Brass and Glass, Italy, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Rome, IT
Serving bar cart in wood and brass details composed of two removable glass trays by the Italian designer Cesare Lacca, 1950s.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Wood Brass and Enameled Metal Serving Bar Cart and Bottle Holder 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury wood bar cart in with a stunning black metal structure with brass finishes and three chromed metal bottle holders. This fantast...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Italian Bamboo & Rattan Bar Cart Serving Trolley
Located in Forney, TX
A charming mid-century Italian modern bamboo and rattan bar cart / rolling server / petite cocktail drinks service trolley.
Made in Italy, circa 1960s/1970, oval cart with two tie...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Cesare Lacca Bar Cart Cocktail Trolley Brass and Wood
By Cesare Lacca
Located in London, GB
Stylish modernist bar cart or cocktail trolley by Cesare Lacca, Italy 1950's in brass and ebonized lacquered ash. Striking profile and sculptural look, featuring a lower level bottle...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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Brass
Chrome Bar Cart, 1970s
Located in Hilversum, NL
Introducing our Chrome Bar Cart from the 1970s, a true embodiment of vintage charm. Crafted with a sleek chrome frame and complemented by smoked glass shelves, this piece exudes an a...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Chrome
$1,514
Aldo Tura Geometric Design Bar Cart
By Aldo Tura
Located in North Miami, FL
An original vintage Aldo Tura bar cart in dark brown lacquered goatskin and gold plated metal. Very geometric design and is a classic Italian Mid-century modern look. Signed underneath.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboard, Wood, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
TV side table/sideboard from the 1960s. It was manufactured in Poland. The table was made of wood, it was refreshed. Very good original vintage condition.
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20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Wood
Brazilian Bar Cart in Rosewood by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, the bar cart is made of Rosewood, Glass, and Steel. Composed of three removable serving trays and steel casters for Forma S/A Móveis e Obj...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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Steel
Three-Tiered Brass Bamboo Bar Cart
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage three-tier brass faux bamboo and glass Hollywood Regency rolling bar cart, dating from the 1970s. Elegant polished brass faux bamboo frame with three clear glass shelves. Top...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Morex Midcentury Three Levels Brass and Smoked Glass Italian Bar Cart, 1970s
By Morex
Located in Roma, IT
Exceptional midcentury brass and smoked glass bar cart on three levels. This three-level service cart was produced by Morex in Italy during 1970s.
The elegance of this wonderful p...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Cesare Lacca Folding Bar Cart Trolley Original Frosted Glass, Brass & Mahogany
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Exquisite Mid Century Modern Italian folding, rolling bar cart by Cesare Lacca. Made in the 1950s Italy, it evokes the same influences as other icons of the era: Gio Ponti, Ico Paris...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Bamboo Rattan and Smoked Glass Bar Serving Cart Trolley, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Mid-Century Modern vintage serving bar cart on wheels featuring bamboo structure and handle and two shelves in smoked glass. Made in Italy in the ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Jacques Adnet Black Stitched Leather Wicker Bar Cart Trolley Table
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
One of the most elegant and innovative 20th-century French furniture designers, Jacques Adnet created a simple, unadorned signature style that is both trim and vigorous. He began his career in the heyday of the Art Deco era, and in the 1950s, in association with Hermès, created chairs, lamps, desks and other pieces that employed slender metal frames clad in stitched saddle leather. With such furnishings, Adnet brought a fashion sensibility to design and decor that had not been seen since the 1920s prime of the great Paris couturier-decorator Paul Poiret.
Original vintage wicker covered...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Vintage Brass Bar Cart Svenskt Tenn Josef Frank c. 1960
By Svenskt Tenn
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid century Modern vintage bar cart or serving trolley by Josef frank for Svenskt Tenn circa 1960 from brass and perforated brass.
An amazing bar cart with two perforated metal tiers...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Franco Albini Inspired Bamboo Bar Cart w/ Lower Shelf & Brass Wheels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage mid-century Franco Albini inspired bamboo bar cart with bottle compartments, upper and lower shelf and brass wheels. In original condition with visible wear including some mi...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Bamboo
1950s Arturo Pani Service Bar Cart Patinated Brass
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Mexico lovely vintage Modern Brass Service Cart by Arturo Pani.
Body construction tubular brass. Original vintage wheels.
Cart comes with new ...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
An Elegant 1960s Mid-Century Modern Italian Rectangular Cart
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This cart has a black metal frame with a minimalist, geometric design that is typical of the Mid-Century Modern style. The metal legs are slim and made from black painted iron, givi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass, Iron
Arthur Umanoff Wrought Iron Rolling Bar Cart, Surfboard Wood Top
Located in Miami, FL
Arthur Umanoff Wrought Iron Rolling Bar Cart, Surfboard Wood Top
Offered for sale is an Arthur Umanoff mid-century modern wrought iron sculptural rolling bar cart with surfboard woo...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Wrought Iron
Broyhill Brasilia Midcentury Walnut and Laminate Serving Bar Cart
Located in Countryside, IL
Broyhill Brasilia midcentury Walnut and Laminate Serving Bar Cart
This bar cart measures: 47 wide x 16 deep x 30 inches high. The extended width is 70 inches.
All pieces of fur...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Drinks Trolley in Gilded Brass with Chrome Fittings Designed by Romeo Rega
By Romeo Rega
Located in Faversham, GB
Sensational drinks trolley, attributed to Romeo Rega. Featuring two levels of smoked glass surrounded by gilded brass and chrome fittings. The clean-lined design of this piece is ele...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
$1,476 Sale Price
20% Off
Serving Bar Cart in Lucite, Brass and Rattan Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing round serving bar cart in lucite, brass and rattan in the style of Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal, Brass
Wooden Tray Table Bamboo Style Legs
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning wooden tray table with faux bamboo leg design. hand painted, brass handles.
Very good quality Kindel Tea Table, hand painted”
Time Period Manufactured
Post-1950 Original
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Ico Parisi for MIM Roma "M10 Bellagio" Bar Cart, Italy 1958
By MIM Roma, Ico Parisi
Located in Naples, IT
Very rare tea/bar/table trolley model 'M10 Bellagio' by Ico and Luisa Parisi for Mim Roma, Italy 1958, with original label, painted metal frame and two wooden shelves.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Vintage Mid Century Modern Atomic Era Metal Rolling Bar Cart Server
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Atomic Era Metal Rolling Bar Tea Cart Server (No glass). Item features a metal frame, 2 tiers, rolling casters, sleek sculptural form. Circa Mid 20th Centu...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Henkel Harris Cherry Two-Tier Drop-Leaf Rolling Bar Cart Server
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid-Century Henkel Harris Cherry Two-Tier Drop-Leaf Rolling Bar Cart / Server. Measures 61" wide open, 38.5" wide closed, 18" in depth and 31" in height. Features Two drawers wi...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Cherry
Vintage Mid Century Modern Lucite & Brass Rolling Bar Cart Tall Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Lucite & Brass Rolling Bar Cart Tall Side Table. Item features a brass stretcher base, rolling casters, lucite upper level with shelf, clean modernist line...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Lucite
Midcentury Bamboo and Rattan Round Serving Bar Cart Trolley, Italy, circa 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury round serving bar cart in bamboo and rattan featuring with four bottle holders and a handle on the top level.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
A fabulous serving table that wil...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Mid-Century Modern Brass Bar Cart
Located in Copenhagen, K
Italian two-tier bar cart with glass shelves and two oversized wheels. Charming and in good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Bar Serving Cart Trolley by Cesare Lacca in Brass Mahogany and Glass Italy 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Rome, IT
Bar serving cart trolley by the Italian designer Cesare Lacca in a mahogany and brass structure and two glass shelves, Italy, circa 1950.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage "BRDR" Furbo Bar Cart
By BRDR Furbo
Located in west palm beach, FL
Elevate your entertaining space with this Vintage MCM BRDR Furbo Bar Cart. A stunning example of mid-century modern design, this bar cart features sleek lines and warm wood tones tha...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Wood
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Serving Bar Cart Brass and Smoked Glass Romeo Rega Style, Italy 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Rome, IT
This vintage brass and smoked glass serving cart features unique midcentury design, combining simple lines and plenty of room for storage or service. In the style of to the Italian d...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal, Brass
Midcentury Maison Baguès Silvered Brass Faux Bamboo Bar Cart, 1960s, France
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful faux bamboo serving table in heavy silvered brass with smoked grey glass plates by Maison Baguès Paris. Maison Baguès is renowned for fine brass objects and lights since its establishment in 1860. The idiosyncratic genius Armand-Albert Rateau used Maison Baguès accessories to decorate the interiors of Jeanne Lanvin’s town home...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
English Midcentury Faux Bamboo Tiered Table on Casters with Three Cane Shelves
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English faux bamboo tiered table on casters with three cane shelves and casters. This English faux bamboo tiered table on casters is a delightfu...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
1960s Vintage American of Martinsville Expandable Rolling Bar Cart
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Classic Mid-Century Modern walnut expandable rolling bar cart or server, Manufactured by American of Martinsville, designed by Merton L. Gershun. Expanding black laminate sliding top...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Formica, Wood
Midcentury Cesare Lacca Brass and Black Lacquer Wood Italian Bar Cart, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury vintage serving table or bar cart with brass frame. Cesare Lacca probably designed this extraordinary item and was produced ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass, Metal
Mid-Century Modern Four Tier Bar Cart in Thick Lucite
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
MCM Tiered Lucite Bar Serving Cart, 1970's
Mid-Century Modern multi-purpose lucite serving bar cart or trolley. This cart features 4 classic metal wheels. This minimalist cart certa...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Brass and Smoked Glass Bar Cart, 1960s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Italian Brass and Smoked glass Bar Cart, 1960s
Perfect in that upscale home with chic design.
Two tiered for storage.
Wheel ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
$776 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Two-Story Tea Cart by Celina Decorações, Brazil, 1960s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern Two-Story Tea Cart by Celina Decorações, Brazil, 1960s
This elegant two-tier tea cart was produced in the 1960s by Celina Decorações, in Brazil.
It has two levels...
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Vintage Italian Serving Trolley by Cesare Lacca, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Fifties serving trolley or bar cart by Cesare Lacca.
Fantastically crafted and elegant Italian design.
Good condition.
1950s - Italy
Dimensions:
Height: 70cm/27.55"
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Wood
Mathieu Matégot Bar Cart
Located in Miami, FL
"L'adapt-bar", bar cart made by Mathieu Matégot, signed and numbered. Image 7: "MARIE CLAIRE" Issue December 1963.
Avalable also in black Stock TB #C 202 (Image 8).
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$2,850
Mid Century Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca for Cassina, in Teack whis two Cristal Tops
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Iconic Mid Century Service Cart by Cesare Lacca for Cassina, in Teack , with original Crystal Tops
This fantastic piece was designed in Italy during the 1950s for Cassina.
This piece is going to add lightness to a living room with its shapes and materials. The wood and crystal glass will astonish with their purity.
Born in Naples in 1929, Italian architect-designer Cesare Lacca created modernist furniture and metalwork throughout the 1950s. Though details of his personal life and professional training remain lost to history, there are sufficient surviving primary sources that document his many elegant designs in brass—work for which he is best know and which fetch high prices from collectors.
Like many Italian designers in the 20th century, Lacca moved to Milan after World War II to launch his career. Before he was even 21 years old, his work was selected by a group of American curators for inclusion in the landmark exhibition Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today that toured 12 US museums between 1950 and 1953—the first major exhibition of Italian design outside of Italy. The exhibition showcased the best and brightest of Italian designers who had embraced modernist principles and rejuvenated traditional Italian crafts, like Carlo Mollino , Franco Albini, and Gio Ponti
In the exhibition catalogue, curator Meyric R. Roger’s spotlights Lacca's expert achievements in brass, noting “the variety and quality of his creations,” which “place him high among the architect-designers leading the current [Modernist] movement." Rogers adds, "The quality of his work...provide[s] all the decorative effectiveness needed without strain or exaggeration”.
Lacca designed a great many tea carts and serving trolleys in his career—which make up a large proportion of what is available on the vintage market today—as well as magazine racks and coffee tables. Lacca’s most iconic tea cart was manufactured by Italian brand Cassina and features sculpted beech, cedar, teak, or walnut with brass details, a glass tabletop, and a removable glass tray.
Lacca also designed high-backed lounge chairs, which were regularly featured in Arredoluce advertisements for Angelo Lelli’s lighting...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Crystal
Lovely 1950s Cesare Lacca Mahogany Bar Cart Trolley with Removable Trays
By Cassina, Cesare Lacca
Located in London, GB
A 1950s Cesare Lacca bart cart trolley in rich lacquered mahogany with removable glass trays with brass detailing and orignal brass castors, for Italian company Cassina.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
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