Modern Carts and Bar Carts
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1980s French Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1980s American Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
2010s American Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1940s French Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1940s French Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Cane, Teak
1960s German Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome, Metal
2010s American Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Late 20th Century German Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Stainless Steel
20th Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Late 20th Century French Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Chrome
1950s French Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century French Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s French Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Mirror, Wood, Burl
1970s French Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Brazilian Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s French Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
20th Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s French Vintage Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome