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Cesare Lacca Furniture

Italian, b. 1929

Architect and designer Cesare Lacca is renowned for the modernist furniture he created during the 1950s. Made with materials like teak, glass and brass, his work continues to command great interest from mid-century modern collectors. His pieces have recently found their way onto some of the 21st century’s most trendy television and movie sets. 

Lacca was born in Naples, Italy, in 1929. Like many Italian designers in the 20th century, he moved to Milan after World War II to launch his career. At the age of 20, he was selected by a group of American curators for inclusion in the 1951 landmark exhibition “Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today” at the Art Institute of Chicago. It showcased Italian designers who had embraced modernist principles and rejuvenated traditional Italian crafts, like Carlo Mollino, Franco Albini and Gio Ponti.

Lacca designed a dizzying array of tea carts and serving trolleys across his career, including magazine racks and coffee tables. Lacca’s most well-known piece is a tea cart — most commonly used as a bar cart — that Cassina manufactured. It features beautifully sculpted beech, cedar, teak and walnut with brass details, a glass tabletop and a removable glass tray. 

This Lacca cart was featured as Don Draper’s office bar in his Manhattan advertising agency on several episodes of the wildly popular television show Mad Men, reinvigorating the interest of collectors. Several other Lacca pieces have been part of the set decorations in the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and the movie Being the Ricardos. 

On 1stDibs, find Cesare Lacca tables, racks and stands, seating and more.

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Creator: Cesare Lacca
1950s Cesare Lacca Italian Midcentury Design Vase Tripod Stand
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Brescia, IT
Brass and enamel Excellent condition Great manufacture Literature: R. Aloi, l'Arredamento moderno, Quinta serie, Milano 1952, fig 720.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture

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Brass

1950s Cesare Lacca Italian Midcentury Design Vase Tripod Stand
1950s Cesare Lacca Italian Midcentury Design Vase Tripod Stand

1950s Cesare Lacca Italian Midcentury Design Vase Tripod Stand

Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass Glass Magazine Rack Lacca Fontana Arte 1950s
By Cesare Lacca, Fontana Arte
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is an ornate magazine rack, made of brass, with two smoked glass panels and an opal handle, by Lacca for Fontana Arte, circa the 1950s. In good vintage conditi...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass Glass Magazine Rack Lacca Fontana Arte 1950s
Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass Glass Magazine Rack Lacca Fontana Arte 1950s

Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass Glass Magazine Rack Lacca Fontana Arte 1950s

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Cesare Lacca, Mirrored Etched Glass - Italy
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Girona, ES
Coffee table, solid and polished brass structure, mirrored (oxidation and losses) and etched glass with flowers decoration. Thick original glass on top. Design: Cesare Lacca It...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Cesare Lacca, Mirrored Etched Glass - Italy
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Cesare Lacca, Mirrored Etched Glass - Italy

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Cesare Lacca, Mirrored Etched Glass - Italy

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Cesare Lacca in Gilt Brass Period, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century Modern coffee table by Cesare Lacca in gilt brass, top in shaped crystal with polished edge, printing of Napoli protected by Crystal, period 1950s Measure cm: H 45 x W...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cesare Lacca Furniture

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Crystal, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Cesare Lacca in Gilt Brass Period, 1950s
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Cesare Lacca in Gilt Brass Period, 1950s

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Cesare Lacca in Gilt Brass Period, 1950s

Italian Umbrella Stand by Cesare Lacca for Fontana Arte, 1930s
By Fontana Arte, Cesare Lacca
Located in Brussels, BE
Italian umbrella stand by Cesare Lacca for Fontana Arte, 1930s.
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture

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Glass

Italian Umbrella Stand by Cesare Lacca for Fontana Arte, 1930s
Italian Umbrella Stand by Cesare Lacca for Fontana Arte, 1930s

Italian Umbrella Stand by Cesare Lacca for Fontana Arte, 1930s

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Cesare Lacca furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Cesare Lacca furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Cesare Lacca furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 143 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 1 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Cesare Lacca were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Vittorio Dassi, Paolo Piva, and Pier Luigi Colli. Prices for Cesare Lacca furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $638 and can go as high as $21,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,385.

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