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
20th Century Cesare Lacca Wooden Coffee Table with Sculptured Structure '50s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Turin, Turin
Wonderful low table designed by the great master Cesare Lacca in '50s. The table is entirely in wood, it has a circular top with a wonderful veneer. The most significant part of this...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Wood
Sesare Lacca Coffee Table, 1950s, Italy
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful simplistic coffee table by Cesare Lacca Italy 1950s Black stained Beech wood leaving the grain of the wood visible. Very good condition. New glass top.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Beech
Serving Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca in Wood, Brass and Glass, Italy, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Rome, IT
Serving bar cart in wood and brass details composed of two removable glass trays by the Italian designer Cesare Lacca, 1950s.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Metal, Brass
Cesare Lacca Mid-Century Modern Italian Walnut and Brass Bar Cart by Cassina 50s
By Cassina, Cesare Lacca
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This walnut and brass bar cart was designed by Cesare Lacca for Cassina in the 1950s. It features two removable trays and a front and rear bottom shelf for bottles.
Completely restor...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Midcentury Cesare Lacca Wood Italian Bar Cart with Serving Trays, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic mid century wood bar trolley. It was produced by Cesare Lacca in Italy during 1950s.
This wonderful piece comes with two glass removable trays and an ergonomic bottle rack.
The lines of this piece make it perfect for a midcentury-style dining room or bar.
Born in Naples in 1929, Italian architect-designer Cesare Lacca created modernist furniture and metalwork throughout the 1950s. Though details of his personal life and professional training remain lost to history, there are sufficient surviving primary sources that document his many elegant designs in brasswork for which he is the best know and which fetch high prices from collectors.
Like many Italian designers in the 20th century, Lacca moved to Milan after World War II to launch his career. Before he was even 21 years old, his work was selected by a group of American curators for inclusion in the landmark exhibition Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today that toured 12 US museums between 1950 and 1953—the first major exhibition of Italian design outside of Italy. The exhibition showcased the best and brightest of Italian designers who had embraced modernist principles and rejuvenated traditional Italian crafts, like Carlo Mollino , Franco Albini, and Gio Ponti
In the exhibition catalogue, curator Meyric R. Roger’s spotlights Lacca's expert achievements in brass, noting “the variety and quality of his creations,” which “place him high among the architect-designers leading the current [Modernist] movement." Rogers adds, "The quality of his work...provide[s] all the decorative effectiveness needed without strain or exaggeration”.
Lacca designed a great many tea carts and serving trolleys in his career—which make up a large proportion of what is available on the vintage market today—as well as magazine racks and coffee tables. Lacca’s most iconic tea cart was manufactured by Italian brand Cassina and features sculpted beech, cedar, teak, or walnut with brass details, a glass tabletop, and a removable glass tray.
Lacca also designed high-backed lounge chairs, which were regularly featured in Arredoluce advertisements for Angelo Lelli’s lighting...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass, Metal
1950s Cesare Lacca Italian Mid-Century Modern Design Mahogany Magazine Rack
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Brescia, IT
Mahogany wood and brass details
Excellent condition
Measures: H 70 x 52 cm.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Midcentury Italian Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca Maple Wood Brass Parts, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Midcentury Italian Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca maple wood brass parts 1950s.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Maple
$2,080 Sale Price
30% Off
Cesare Lacca, Floor Lamp, Brass, Walnut, Fabric, Italy 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in High Point, NC
A walnut, brass and white fabric floor lamp, designed and produced by Cesare Lacca, Italy, 1950s
Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 68.6" H x 16" Diameter
Dimensions of Shade (inches): 1...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Magazine Rack Mid-century Italian Design Cherry and Glass Cesare Lacca 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Magazine Rack Mid-century Italian Design Cherry and glass Cesare Lacca 1950s.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Glass, Cherry
$1,497 Sale Price
30% Off
Small Sofa Italian Mid-Century Design Green Velvet Cesare Lacca, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Palermo, Sicily
A small sofa with a pleasant shape, design and elegance, restored with a good petrol green velvet.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Velvet, Wood
$2,089 Sale Price
30% Off
Cesare Lacca Curved Walnut Plywood Side Table or Book Stand, Italy, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Den Haag, NL
Cesare Lacca curved walnut plywood side table or book stand, Italy, 1950s.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Walnut
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
Vintage Bar Cart Attr. to Cesare Lacca, Italy, 1970s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage bar cart is an original design item attributed to the Italian designer Cesare Lacca in the 1970s.
A black and brass bar cart with s...
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Early 20th Century Italian Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Console Nightstand by Cesare Lacca Mid-Century Modern in Mahogany wax polished
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1950s console nightstand by Cesare Lacca Mid-Century Modern, in mahogany with glass top, wax polished
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Glass, Mahogany
Organic Tea Trolley, Bar, Serving Cart by Cesare Lacca
By Cesare Lacca, Cassina
Located in Vienna, AT
Organic trolley from the 1950s, Italian design by Cesare Lacca for Cassina. Organically designed, mahogany finish, equipped with two loose glass-filled trays, brass mountings. Made i...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Mid-Century Modern Bar Cart By Cesare Lacca, Solid and Stained Mahogany- Italy.
By Cesare Lacca, Cassina
Located in Girona, Girona
Bar cart with magazine rack and two removable trays. Solid and stained mahogany. French polish. Polished brass and glass.
Design: Cesare Lacca for Cassina.
Italy circa 1948-50.
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
1950s Cesare Lacca Brass and Black Lacquer Bar Trolley with Removable Tray
By Cesare Lacca
Located in London, GB
A 1950s Cesare Lacca brass and black lacquer bar trolley with removable brass tray and "Mod. Dep. (Depositato) Made in Italy" original label with original brass castors.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
1950s bar cart designed by Cesare Lacca
By Cesare Lacca
Located in SAN PIETRO MOSEZZO, NO
Sophisticated Italian bar cart designed by Cesare Lacca, made in the 1950s.
The frame is made of wood and highlights the elegant lines typical of Lacquer's craftsmanship.
The cart...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Mid-Century Modern Bar Cart By Cesare Lacca, Solid and Stained Mahogany
By Cesare Lacca
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern Bar Cart By Cesare Lacca, Solid and Stained Mahogany- Italy.
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Mahogany
Cesare Lacca Elegant Rolling Cart with Glass Top, 1970s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in New York, NY
Rolling serving cart in lacquered mahogany with glass by Cesare Lacca (Italy) for Cassina, American, 1970s. This cart is very stylish and beautifully made.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Glass, Mahogany
Cesare Lacca Trolley for Food and Bottles Brass Wood Glass Metal Crome 1950Italy
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Milano, IT
Cesare Lacca.
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Pair of Cesare Lacca Brass Candelabra
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of solid brass Italian 1950's candelabra by architect-designer, Cesare Lacca.
Each holds four candle tapers.
Look closely at the phenomenally skillful brass work using solid bra...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
$2,400 / set
False pair of bar carts by Cesare Lacca - Italy 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Girona, Girona
False pair of bar carts (one with bottle holder) in polished brass and stained and french polished beech with original glasses.
Design: Cesare Lacca...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Mid-Century Modern Italian Magazine Rack by Cesare Lacca
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful Italian magazine cart features the unique sculptural Italian design of Cesare Lacca and makes a stunning addition to any interior. Perfect rolling side table with glas...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Glass, Wood
$1,764 Sale Price
26% Off
Mid Century Italian Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca 1970
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This elegant mid-century bar cart, designed by Cesare Lacca in the 1970s, features a brass frame with sleek black accents and large, stylish wheels. The two-tiered design includes a ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Folding Magazine Holder by Cesare Lacca
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Buffalo, NY
Italian, Mid-Century Modern, walnut and brass, magazine holder by Cesare Lacca folds up from it's handle for mobility, Ingenious design.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
large Cesare Lacca walnut coffee table, three feet irregular shape, mirrored top
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Rome, IT
fine and elegant large coffee table or occasional table
designed by Arch. Cesare Lacca, 1950
irregular shape, fine worked legs, three feet, mirrored and beveled top
walnut and mir...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Mirror, Walnut
Pair of velvet Easy Chairs by Cesare Lacca, circa 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Berlin, DE
A pair of very rare easy chairs. Raspberry velvet cover, fringes, in original condition. Front legs are made of brass, back legs are made of walnut wood.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Vintage Ebonized Beech Serving Cart by Cesare Lacca with Oriental Print, Italy
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
It features an ebonized beech frame, two glass shelves (one with an oriental paint under it) and brass casters.
This is a vintage item therefore it might show s...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Small Mid-Century Modern Bar Cart and Magazine Rack by Cesare Lacca - Italy
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Girona, Girona
Small bar cart and magazine rack, stained solid mahogany, French polish, original glasses and mirror. Removable tray, polished brass hardware and wheel...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
Small Mid-Century Modern Bar Cart & Magazine Rack by Cesare Lacca - Italy
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Girona, Girona
Small bar cart and magazine rack, stained solid mahogany, French polish. Removable tray, polished brass hardware and wheels.
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 Walnut and Brass Trolley by Cesare Lacca for Cassina, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Walnut and Brass Trolley by Cesare Lacca for Cassina, 1950s
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Wood
1950s velvet shell sofa in the style of Gio Ponti
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Torino, IT
The Italian 1950s were iconic and innovative especially in terms of seating, this small sofa is an example of Italian creative genius.
Among the great masters who designed these mode...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Velvet, Giltwood
Ash cart with pull-out trays by Cesare Lacca 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Torino, IT
Ash cart with pull-out trays by designer Cesare Lacca.
Refined trolley with slender and very light structure with sinuous shapes made of ash wood with brass details.
The trolley ha...
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1950s Italian Vintage Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Brass
$817 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Cesare Lacca Magazine Rack for Fontana Arte
By Cesare Lacca
Located in London, Lambeth
Born Naples in 1972 Italian architect designer Cesare Lacca
created modernist furniture and metalwork throughout
the 1950s
This unusual magazi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Steel
Two Trays Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca, Italy 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Brussels, BE
Two trays bar cart by Cesare Lacca, Italy 1950s.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cesare Lacca Furniture
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Wood
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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