Mid-Century Art Deco Italian Wood and Brass Dry Bar Cabinet Liquor Cart by Paolo Buffa, 1950s

Unique and very elegant Italian Art Deco dry bar cabinet cart with two glass tiers and highlighted by the great wooden structure design and overall shape completed by the details of the original antique brass wheels. The Art Deco style, that preceded Hollywood Regency and thereafter Mid-Century Modern, is all about making a big statement and was considered very glamorous, elegant, functional, and modern. Softly shaped patterns and smooth angles with the generous use of gold, glass, mirror and a variety of expensive and exotic materials. In the style of Gugliemo Ulrich and Vittorio Dassi, that inspired the Italian Mid-Century Modern designers of that years such as Gio Ponti, Melchiorre Bega, Paolo Buffa and Luisa and Ico Parisi.