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.
Cesare Lacca Brass and Teak Jardinière, Italy, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Paris, FR
A 1950s Italian jardinière by Cesare Lacca, constructed with a perforated brass basket raised on splayed teak legs with brass detailing. The repeating looped pattern gives the plante...
Brass
Antique Oval Brass and Copper Jardinière
Located in New Orleans, LA
A nice planter for your indoor or covered patio plants.
Brass, Copper
Circa 1880 English Oval Brass Jardiniere
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 oval brass jardiniere, English. Raised on large lion paw feet with lion mask ring handles. Riveted base & sides. Hammered body. 18.5" w., 13 5/8" d., 11.75" h. We are...
Brass
1950s Extra Large Rattan/Wicker Jardinière/Planter
Located in Brecht, BE
Made in the 1950s in France, the largest rattan/wicker jardinière I have seen ... high 87 cm and 90 cm diameter! A conversation piece.
Wicker, Rattan
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
Italian Bamboo and Rattan Flower Stand or Plant Holder, 1950s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Very decorative flower stand. Light wear consistent with age and use.
Bamboo, Rattan
$1,316
H 21.66 in Dm 6.89 in
Erwine & Estelle Laverne, Planter or Jardiniere, circa 1950, aluminum and iron
By Erwine & Estelle Laverne, Laverne International
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Erwine & Estelle Laverne, Planter/Jardiniere, circa 1950, aluminum and iron with yellow and white enamel paint 55cm high, 17.5cm diameter Generally good condition with signs of use consistent with age. Erwine & Estelle Laverne designed and produced innovative furniture...
Aluminum, Iron
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
An Austrian, brass Secessionist jardiniere C. 1910
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Oxford, GB
Striking Jardiniere from the Austrian Secessionist period , made C1910 . Beautiful detail and fine metal work . There as an interior tray that pulls out so the piece was designed to ...
Brass, Iron
Swedish Brass Jardiniere
Located in New York, NY
A jardiniere made in brass with beautiful details and lions heads with twisted ring handles standing on lions feet. Made during the 20th century.
Brass
Mid-Century Italian Rattan and Bamboo Flower Stand Plant Holder, 1950s
By Vivai del Sud
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful Mid-Century flower or plant stand in curved rattan, bamboo and wicker. This lovely object was designed in Italy in the 1960s and is attributed to Vivai del Sud. This magni...
Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan
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
Fornasetti Porcelain Moorhead Italy 1950s Signed
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Munich, DE
Early Vintage Piero Fornasetti flower pot in white and black cast ceramic themed “Moor’s Head”. The theme of the moor’s head takes inspiration...
Porcelain
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 ...