French Nickeled Bronze Glass Bar Cart
Located in Houston, TX
1940s French bronze and glass bar cart with nickel finish and on casters.
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Mid-20th Century French Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Bronze
Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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POSTMODERN STYLE
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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Style: Post-Modern
Italian Memphis Style Two Tiered Rolling Bar Cart with Black Frame and Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Memphis style two tiered rolling bar cart with black metal frame, lacquered wood lower shelf and glass top shelf. In original condition with visible wear consistent with its ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Mid century Dutch modern steel and glass bar cart or tea trolley
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
Mid century Dutch modern steel and glass bar cart or tea trolley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare Dutch Minimalist bar cart or tea trolley in black powder-coated metal and glass, with three stainless steel chafing surfaces. Upper and lower glass surfaces and Black wheels wit...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Iron, Steel, Stainless Steel
1980s Postmodern Curvaceous Aluminum Bilevel Bar Cart Attributed to Woodard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This 1980s Postmodern Curvaceous Bilevel Bar Cart is a unique and stylish addition to any home bar or entertaining space. Designed and attributed to Woodard, this bar cart features a...
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Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Aluminum
Gilles Derain, bar trolley for Lumen, 1980
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Bar trolley by Gilles Derain in black lacquered iron in two levels, each with a transparent glass pane.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Janni van Pelt Style Black Bar Cart, Wire Grid Glass, Two Tier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modernist Dutch bar cart in the manner of Janni van Pelt, rendered in a spare rectilinear form that reflects the discipline of postwar Dutch design. The tubular black enameled metal ...
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1980s Dutch Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Javier Mariscal Post-Modern Bar Cart Hilton For Memphis , Italy, 1981
By Javier Mariscal, Memphis Milano
Located in Vienna, AT
Javier Mariscal Post-Modern Bar Cart Hilton For Memphis , Italy, 1981 Rare Memphis bar cart ‚Hilton’, trolley on smoothly running casters offering a ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Steel
Post-Modern Vintage Hybrid Bar Cart Sofa Table Raoul Barbieri Ycami 1990s Italy
By Ycami Collection, Raul Barbieri
Located in Vienna, AT
Post-Modern vintage hybrid bar cart or sofa table from aluminum and formica in black and silver color by Raul Barbieri for Ycami 1990s, Italy. A gorgeous wheel supported bar cart and sofa table in one piece, this adjustable bar cart...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Aluminum
Bar cart by Massimo Iosa Ghini for BRF Italy, 1980’s
Located in Delft, NL
Dimensions: 85cm W, 46cmD, 71cmH Designer: Massimo Iosa Ghini Origin: Italy Condition: Good has been painted over
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Post-Modern Memphis Style Italian Aluminum Frame Bar Cart
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Post-Modern Memphis Style Italian Aluminum Frame Bar Cart
By Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, Mario Botta, Mario Bellini
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful example of Italian Post-Modern Memphis design, circa 1980s. Versatile piece on casters that can be used as tea, bar or serving serving cart. The piece is made of wood with ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Aluminum
Italian post-modern cart black laminate shelves and green metal structure 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian post-modern cart black laminate shelves and green metal structure 1980s Trolley with two shelves in black laminate with light wood profiles. The sup...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Bistrot Bar Cart by Studio Caramel
$13,713 / item
Bistrot Bar Cart by Studio Caramel
Located in Geneve, CH
Bistrot Bar Cabinet by Studio Caramel Dimensions: W 45 x D 96.5 x H 80 cm. Materials: Natural walnut, steel, solid brass. Studio Caramel is a contemporary furniture design studio co...
Category
2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass, Steel
Italian 1980s Post-Modern Serving or Bar Cart in Metal and Glass
Located in München, DE
Beautiful 1980s Post-Modern serving or bar cart made of metal and glass. Made in Italy. Typical 1980s Italian design. Also works beautifully as a side table. The frame is made of red...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Serving Cart Fontana Arte Style with Three Glass Shelves, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s. This serving cart features a chrome-plated steel frame and three glass shelves, which can be used as trays. It is a vintage item, therefore it might show sligh...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Steel
Natural Walnut SCP Cart by Studio Caramel
$10,704 / item
Natural Walnut SCP Cart by Studio Caramel
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Walnut SCP Cart by Studio Caramel Dimensions: W 60 x D 75 x H 100 cm. Materials: Natural walnut, steel, solid brass, stone. Studio Caramel is a contemporary furniture design...
Category
2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Stone, Brass, Steel
Regalia Cart by Studio Caramel
$27,262 / item
Regalia Cart by Studio Caramel
Located in Geneve, CH
Regalia Cart by Studio Caramel Dimensions: W 55 x D 89 x H 89 cm. Materials: Natural walnut, steel, glass, genuine leather, solid brass. Studio Caramel is a contemporary furniture d...
Category
2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass, Steel
1980s Black Serving or Bar Cart from Mascagni, Made in Italy, Foldable
Located in Miami, FL
Black Serving or Bar Cart from Mascagni, Made in Italy, Foldable. Wood, Glass. When folded Cart is 9" wide and 35.5' high. Cart is signed.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Glass, Wood
Drinks Trolley in Aluminium by Six Dots Design
$4,011 / item
Drinks Trolley in Aluminium by Six Dots Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Drinks Trolley in Aluminium by Six Dots Design. Unique Piece. Dimensions: W 70 x D 42 x H 90 cm. Materials: Raw aluminum. Please note, only the drinks trolley is included. Any acces...
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2010s British Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Aluminum
Trink Teak Bar Cart by Kann Design
$7,565 / item
Trink Teak Bar Cart by Kann Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Trink Teak Bar Cart by Kann Design Dimensions: D 54 x W 100 x H 75 cm. Materials: Steel frame, teak solid wood, wood veneer, rubber wheel, aluminium. With the Trink bar cart, the tw...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Chrome Bar Cart
$2,400
Chrome Bar Cart
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an amazing post-modern chrome and glass rolling bar cart or console.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Italian Postmodern Model Bobo Trolley for Magis, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rarely side table on roles from Magis according to a design by Boccato, Gigante and Zambusi Archetti from the 80s. A postmodern design in typical coloring. In a foldable frame made ...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Perforated Metal Serving Bar Trolley, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Perforated Metal Serving Bar Trolley, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989. Additional information: Materials: Metal Styles: Memphis, Postmodern Color: B...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Bar Trolley by Ligne Roset, Wood & Metal, Vintage, 1980s
By Ligne Roset
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mobile side table from the renowned manufacturer Ligne Roset. A postmodern design in wood and aluminum. Ideal as a mobile side table or home bar. The two shelves are carried out in ...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Italian Glass and Metal Bar Cart from Metalnova, 1980s
By Metalnova
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern bar cart from the 1980s by the Italian manufacturer Metalnova. The design impresses with its clear geometry and themes of transparency ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Franco Raggi for Fontana Arte Drinks Trolley / Bar Cart, Circa 1980s
Located in Peabody, MA
A postmodern drinks trolley by the Milanese designer Franco Raggi for Fontana Arte, circa 1980s.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Glass, Acrylic
Trolley / cart by Bieffeplast Padova 1970s
By Bieffeplast
Located in Athens, Attiki
Italian drinks and serving trolley by Bieffeplast Padova. Upper and lower removable and interchangeable tray sections as well as bottle storage.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Gilles Derain Black Metal and Glass Trolley for Lumen circa 1980, France .
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare trolley designed by Gilles Derain for Lumen Center, circa 1980, Italy. Black lacquered steel frame and clear glass. Dimensions: 125 cm W, 50 cm D, 69 cm H. Good original conditi...
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Trolley, Memphis Style, Quaderna Pattern, Italy 1980s
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Black White Postmodern Serving Trolley with Quaderna Pattern. In a minimalist, efficient style typical of 80s design, this serving trolley has a highly graphic silhouette. In blac...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal, Steel
1980s Postmodern Glass Service Trolley, Black Metal, Unknown Designer
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Glass Service Trolley or Side Table, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 Additional information: Materials: Glass, Metal Color: Black Styles: Memphis, Postmode...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
Baron Cart by Studio Caramel
$20,240 / item
Baron Cart by Studio Caramel
Located in Geneve, CH
Baron Cart by Studio Caramel Dimensions: W 62 x D 89 x H 95 cm. Materials: Natural walnut or ebony, steel, solid brass. Studio Caramel is a contemporary furniture design studio co-f...
Category
2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Steel, Brass
Pace Round Dining Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum & Glass Top by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Pace Round Dining Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: Ø 150 x H 74 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Available in different materials. Prices may vary. P...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Aluminum
Festa Mobile Fernand Cart Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Festa Mobile Fernand Cart Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 45 x W 65 x H 82 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Available in different shapes and dime...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Aluminum
French Oak Highliner Cart by Studio Caramel
$12,781 / item
French Oak Highliner Cart by Studio Caramel
Located in Geneve, CH
French Oak Highliner Cart by Studio Caramel Dimensions: W 47 x D 84 x H 69 cm. Materials: Natural walnut or french oak, steel, lacquered wheel. Studio Caramel is a contemporary furn...
Category
2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Walnut
Trink Walnut Bar Cart by Kann Design
$7,565 / item
Trink Walnut Bar Cart by Kann Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Trink Walnut Bar Cart by Kann Design Dimensions: D 54 x W 100 x H 75 cm. Materials: Steel frame, walnut solid wood, wood veneer, rubber wheel, aluminum. With the Trink bar cart, the...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Pivot Bar Standing Bar by Studio Caramel
$15,271 / item
Pivot Bar Standing Bar by Studio Caramel
Located in Geneve, CH
Pivot Bar Standing Bar by Studio Caramel Dimensions: W 60 x D 140 x H 109 cm. Materials: Lacquered wood and powder coated steel. Studio Caramel is a contemporary furniture design st...
Category
2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Steel
Powder Coated Steel Glazed Cart by Studio Caramel
$9,665 / item
Powder Coated Steel Glazed Cart by Studio Caramel
Located in Geneve, CH
Powder Coated Steel Glazed Cart by Studio Caramel Dimensions: W 48 x D 71 x H 90 cm. Materials: Powder coated steel, satin-finished solid brass. Studio Caramel is a contemporary fur...
Category
2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass, Steel
Natural Walnut Highliner Cart by Studio Caramel
$12,781 / item
Natural Walnut Highliner Cart by Studio Caramel
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Walnut Highliner Cart by Studio Caramel Dimensions: W 47 x D 84 x H 69 cm. Materials: Natural walnut or french oak, steel, lacquered wheel. Studio Caramel is a contemporary ...
Category
2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Walnut
Lorenzo Burchiellaro Cart with Wheels in Metal and Glass Italian Manufacture 70s
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Cubic-shaped cart with wheels with frame realized in metal which present a circular void on each side, the top and the bottom of the cart has realized in glass. The cart was design...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
American post modern cart in steel, 1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
American post modern cart in steel, 1990s Cart wit three shelves made of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal steel rods. The trolley structure is composed of four metal tubes and four...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal, Steel
Natural Walnut HOB Cart by Studio Caramel
$7,328 / item
Natural Walnut HOB Cart by Studio Caramel
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Walnut HOB Cart by Studio Caramel Dimensions: W 42 x D 60 x H 70 cm. Materials: Natural walnut, plywood, steel. Available in multiple finishes. Studio Caramel is a contem...
Category
2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Walnut, Plywood
Ejes Bar Table by Arturo Verástegui
$15,248 / item
Ejes Bar Table by Arturo Verástegui
Located in Geneve, CH
Ejes bar table by Arturo Verástegui Dimensions: D 250 x W 55 x H 70 cm Materials: oak wood, stainless steel. Bar table made of white oak, stainless steel, electro-painted steel ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Steel
Sanayi313 Serving Bar Cart by Sanayi 313
$17,750 / item
Sanayi313 Serving Bar Cart by Sanayi 313
Located in Geneve, CH
Sanayi313 serving bar cart by Sanayi 313 Unique Piece Dimensions: W 77 x D 46 x H 82 cm Materials: Ash Veener, Bronze Wine Rack and Wheel, Bronze D...
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Bronze
Post-modern carts and bar carts for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern carts and bar carts 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 carts and bar carts created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern carts and bar carts made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original carts and bar carts, popular names associated with this style include Arturo Verástegui, Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo, and Design Institute America. 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 carts and bar carts differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $264 and tops out at $16,688 while the average work can sell for $2,600.
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