The Age of Elegance

At Bix restaurant, owner Doug Biederbeck offers the perfect speakeasy-era setting for California Home + Design's favorite new—and fabulous vintage—bar accessories.

ON THE ROCKS Inspired by a 1940s-era car, Williams-Sonoma Home’s Dashboard polished-nickel tray with cherrywood paneling and nail-head details ($195) is a fitting way to present chilled osetra and an old-fashioned. Ralph Lauren’s Montgomery cocktail shaker ($325), carbon-fiber coasters ($250) and bartool set ($395) are paired with Aslak tumblers designed by Tapio Wirkkala in 1969 ($95/set of seven, from Monument).

WITH A TWIST From Hedge Gallery, Gabriella Crespi’s 1970s stainless steel–and–brass Z bar (price upon request) holds Monument’s Aldo Tura ice bucket ($275) from the same decade. Gump’s mod mother-of-pearl coasters ($145/set of four) are topped with Monument’s pilsner glasses ($145/set of eight) that have gold rims and red bases. More coasters are at hand on Gump’s shagreen tray ($225).

TOP SHELF A 1950s triple-tiered bar cart ($4,900) from Benjamin Storck Ltd. is a pristine example of Aldo Tura’s midcentury parchment-covered pieces. On the top shelf, Ralph Lauren’s Montgomery martini glasses ($75/each) mingle with a 1930s silver cocktail shaker ($450) and vintage brass Tommi Parzinger coasters ($900), both from Benjamin Storck. The middle shelf holds a Baccarat decanter ($750) from the 1950s, and the bottom shelf has a set of Dorothy Thorpe stemware ($400/set of four) from the same period, from Benjamin Storck.

SHAKEN OR STIRRED Another round is delivered on a smartly styled 1940s French cocktail trolley ($5,500) from Rue de Grenelle. Bix’s signature gin martinis are shaken in Biederbeck’s own vintage Shreve & Co. shaker or stirred in Ralph Lauren’s Norwood pitcher ($225). A fine Scotch is poured from Ralph Lauren’s Sylvan crystal decanter ($395) into a Vipp tumbler ($24/set of four) from Normann of Denmark, available at Scandinavian Details. The bottom shelf holds Ralph Lauren’s Montgomery ice bucket ($395), ensuring all drinks are extra chilled.

photography by Frankie Frankeny

Taken from the September 2007 issue of our sister publication, California Home+Design. For more than a decade, CH+D has informed, celebrated and inspired the nation's most influential home and design market. Subscribe now.

ON THE ROCKS Inspired by a 1940s-era car, Williams-Sonoma Home’s Dashboard polished-nickel tray with cherrywood paneling and nail-head details ($195) is a fitting way to present chilled osetra and an old-fashioned. Ralph Lauren’s Montgomery cocktail shaker ($325), carbon-fiber coasters ($250) and bartool set ($395) are paired with Aslak tumblers designed by Tapio Wirkkala in 1969 ($95/set of seven, from Monument).

WITH A TWIST From Hedge Gallery, Gabriella Crespi’s 1970s stainless steel–and–brass Z bar (price upon request) holds Monument’s Aldo Tura ice bucket ($275) from the same decade. Gump’s mod mother-of-pearl coasters ($145/set of four) are topped with Monument’s pilsner glasses ($145/set of eight) that have gold rims and red bases. More coasters are at hand on Gump’s shagreen tray ($225).

TOP SHELF A 1950s triple-tiered bar cart ($4,900) from Benjamin Storck Ltd. is a pristine example of Aldo Tura’s midcentury parchment-covered pieces. On the top shelf, Ralph Lauren’s Montgomery martini glasses ($75/each) mingle with a 1930s silver cocktail shaker ($450) and vintage brass Tommi Parzinger coasters ($900), both from Benjamin Storck. The middle shelf holds a Baccarat decanter ($750) from the 1950s, and the bottom shelf has a set of Dorothy Thorpe stemware ($400/set of four) from the same period, from Benjamin Storck.

SHAKEN OR STIRRED Another round is delivered on a smartly styled 1940s French cocktail trolley ($5,500) from Rue de Grenelle. Bix’s signature gin martinis are shaken in Biederbeck’s own vintage Shreve & Co. shaker or stirred in Ralph Lauren’s Norwood pitcher ($225). A fine Scotch is poured from Ralph Lauren’s Sylvan crystal decanter ($395) into a Vipp tumbler ($24/set of four) from Normann of Denmark, available at Scandinavian Details. The bottom shelf holds Ralph Lauren’s Montgomery ice bucket ($395), ensuring all drinks are extra chilled.

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