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.
1950s Italian Vintage Brass & Teak Jardinière by Cesare Lacca
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Paris, FR
A 1950s Italian jardinière by Cesare Lacca, a celebrated designer known for his refined mid‑century furniture and lighting. This exceptional piece features a perforated brass basket ...
Brass
Willy Guhl Cauldron Planters by Eternit, Vintage Swiss Design, 1950s
By Eternit, Willy Guhl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of vintage Willy Guhl Cauldron-shaped planters elevated of short three legs and two lateral handles, in good condition. Each of the Swiss Eternit garden planters are created i...
Cement
Pair of Continental Brass Jardinieres
Located in Houston, TX
Pair early 20th-century continental brass jardinieres adorned with intricate motifs, including regal lion heads, ring handles and paw feet.
Brass
Mastercraft Brass Pedestal Jardiniere
By Mastercraft, William Doezema
Located in Hanover, MA
Fabulous pedestal jardiniere by William Doezema for Mastercraft in their signature patinated brass finish. Base is a straight round column which has double rings suggestive of bamboo...
Brass, Steel
$959Sale Price|56% Off
H 23.88 in W 39.25 in D 11.07 in
Vintage BRDR Dalsgaard for Illums Bolighus Jardinière Planter in Teak, 1960s
By Illums Bolighus
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An attractive and incredibly well-preserved planter or jardinie`re in gorgeous old growth richly colored teak. Designed by BRDR Dalsgaard for Illums Bolighus, circa 1960. Splayed leg...
Teak
Mid-Century Modern French Ceramic Jardinière on Stand, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
French Ceramic Pedestal with Matching Planter – Mid-20th Century This exceptional ceramic pedestal with planter, also referred to as a cachepot or jardinière, is a refined example o...
Ceramic
Vintage French Jardiniere
Located in Austin, TX
Jardiniere from France made of reconstituted stone.
Stone
$2,400
H 22.5 in W 32.5 in D 32.5 in
Vintage Swiss Cement Tulip Garden Planter by Willy Guhl, 1950s Design
By Willy Guhl, Eternit
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century modern Swiss tulip garden planter designed by Willy Guhl and Eternit, in a light weight cement. These vintage planters are fiber - reinforced, in good condition...
Cement
$150
H 7.09 in W 23.23 in D 12.21 in
Vintage French Painted Cast Stone Sea Shell Planter Jardiniere, c.1950s
Located in Bristol, GB
Vintage Hand Decorated Reconstituted Stone Plant Pot A thick heavy planter in the form of a trough with remnants of original paint and applied clam sh...
Cast Stone
Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stand in Brass, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Luxury Mid-Century Modern Decorative Round Umbrella Stand in Brass. Handcrafted in Italy, 1950s. This eye-catching round shaped umbrella stand features brass circles joined between t...
Brass
Italian Hanging Jardiniere Wall Planters
Located in New York, NY
Italian Hanging Jardiniere Wall Planters. Antique transitional neoclassical painted and patinated hanging wall jardinieres/cachepots consisting of reticulated outer basket with remov...
Metal
Vintage French Jardiniere
Located in Austin, TX
Jardiniere from period mid-century modern France. This piece is made of fibre cement, a material originally developed by Willy Guhl. The top is a bowl shape, which sits upon a conica...
Cement
C. 1880 Dutch Repousse Brass Jardiniere
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 large round repousse brass jardiniere, Dutch. Great lion mask & ring handles. Raised on copper trefoil topped flat tapered feet. Repousse design of a handsome work horse p...
Brass
Cesare Lacca Console Jardiniere
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Hanover, MA
Slim and swanky jardiniere console by Cesare Lacca, Italy, circa early 1950's. Two dark mahogany X frame supports hold a rectangular glass top held securely in place by black metal ...