Carts and Bar Carts
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Iron
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century Italian Carts and Bar Carts
Goatskin
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1970s European Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plywood, Burl
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Beech
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
20th Century Italian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Lucite, Plexiglass
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Chrome
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Iron
1980s Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan
1950s French Louis XVI Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Iron
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Carts and Bar Carts
Leather, Rattan
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Nutwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Silver
2010s Spanish Carts and Bar Carts
Bamboo, Wicker
1960s Italian Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Aluminum, Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Iron
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Italian French Provincial Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Teak
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Elm
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1970s Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
2010s American Carts and Bar Carts
Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Travertine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Enamel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Nickel, Aluminum
20th Century French Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
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.





