Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Brass
1880s English Antique Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Brass
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Cast Stone
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Metal
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Regency Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Ceramic
Early 20th Century European Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Brass
Late 19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Wicker, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Plaster
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
Porcelain
1950s Italian Vintage Cesare Lacca Planters and Jardinieres
