If you’re like us, than you’re currently swooning over HBO’s Prohibition-era masterpiece Boardwalk Empire. All that talk about drinking and not drinking got us thinking about...well, drinking. Here's a roundup of some 1920's-style bar carts in various price ranges, meant to inspire your next "behind-closed-doors" affair.
When you’re pressed for space, yet still want to serve your party guests with style and elegance, nothing comes to the rescue quite like the classic bar cart. Whether situated in the corner of the living room, or proudly rolled out during cocktail hour, these beauties are sure to garner up some “oooh’s” and “aaah’s”. Cheers!
1. Modern Metropolis Trolley, $4,625 at Ralph Lauren Home
2. Cosmopolitan Bar Cart, $130 at Target
3. Three Tiered Bar Trolley, $625 available at Empiric Studio
4. Serving Cart With Tempered Glass, $150 from ABCHomeStore.com
5. Big Wheel Serving Cart, $56 via Amazon
6. Rolling Serving Cart, $45 at Walmart
7. Art Deco Cocktail Cart, $3,500 at DecoDame.com
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Ahhh, if only I had $4600 to blow on a bar cart...that thing looks fantastic, but come on.
You do realize that nobody in the United States used Bar Carts in the 1920's?
Because alchohol was prohibited in the US, folks would hide their liquor at home in piano cases, radio cases, globes, enclosed sideboards & kitchen cupboards (or "Hoosiers"), hidden compartments in the wall paneling, behind books on a shelf, within medicine bottles, inside hollowed out Bibles & newel posts and hidden compartments in sofa & chair arms.
It wasn't until the 21st Amendment was passed in late 1933 that folks could openly display bottles of alcohol and barware in their homes again - That's when Bar Carts came into vogue...
...which is also when the Bauhaus Movement of the 1930's came into being which is the style that most of these carts are based on - not Art Deco which is a different style altogether based on the use of exotic woods, pressed/frosted glass, abstract geometric imagery, etc.
Combine the new-fangled & Modern Bauhaus style with the ability to display liquour bottles and paraphernalia, and you have the classic streamlined Depression-era chrome bar cart.
Oh Snap. Author got schooled.
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