Carts and Bar Carts
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Birch
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Brass, Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Teak
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Carts and Bar Carts
Marble, Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Travertine
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1940s French Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Iron
Late 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Birch
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1920s Italian Industrial Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Birch
20th Century Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Bronze
1950s American Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Italian Minimalist Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Chestnut
1950s Italian Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Rattan
1950s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1970s Art Deco Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Walnut
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Copper
1950s French Romantic Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian French Provincial Carts and Bar Carts
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Chrome
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Bronze
1960s Slovak Industrial Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Pine
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Walnut
Late 20th Century American Classical Carts and Bar Carts
Oak, Plywood
Late 20th Century Bohemian Carts and Bar Carts
Cane, Rattan
1960s German Space Age Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
2010s Unknown Rustic Carts and Bar Carts
Metal, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Rattan, Birch
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Hardwood
1970s Italian Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
1920s French Victorian Vintage Carts and Bar Carts
Brass, Iron
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.





