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.
$2,400 / set
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...
Brass
Pair of Italian Brevettato Brass Marble Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Brevettato bronze and marble candelabras.
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Candelabras
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Pair of candelabras, fire gilded with green marble and bohemian crystal trops
Pair of Candelabra
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
A pair of wrought iron eight light candelabra Each having an ascending half moon pierced foliate base mounted with leaf tipped drip pans, rai...
Wrought Iron
Pair of Porcelain Candelabra
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Lantau, HK
Decorative with figures followers in relief. Porcelain hand painted, marked and the engraving 4611 12. Minor chips Shipping included Free and fast delivery door to door by air...
Porcelain
Pair of Brass and Crystal Candelabra
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of patinated brass double arm candelabra with cut crystal spacers and leaded crystal fluted center petite vase. Bobeche and striated candle cups are similar to Tommi Parzinger d...
Crystal, Brass
Pair Of Barbedienne Candelabra
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Atlanta, GA
Impressive pair of gilt and patinated bronze candelabra, having eight arms and with neoclassical scenes in relief, with Rouge Griotte bases, signed Barbedienne
Marble, Bronze
Danish Brass Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Stunning 1960s solid brass Danish candelabra. It fits two difference size candles.
Brass
Pair of Bronze Candelabra
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Mid-Century Heavy Bronze and Chrome 7 Armed Candelabra.
Bronze, Chrome
$1,245 / set
H 7.75 in Dm 8.5 in
Pair of Mid-Century Amorphic Crystal & Brass 3 Arm Candelabra Signed Schneider
By Schneider
Located in New York, NY
This near pair of mid-century three-arm candelabra, signed Schneider, captures the poetic elegance of French design circa 1950. Each candelabrum features an amorphic, almost fluid si...
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Brass Candelabra - Art Nouveau / Arts & Crafts
Located in Skien, NO
A Pair of Early 20th Century Jugendstil Three-arm Candelabra This stunning pair of early 1900s candelabras, crafted from solid brass in Sweden / Denmark, exemplifies Art Nouveau ele...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of brass candelabra, Italian manufacture
Located in Vittoria, IT
Gorgeous pair of 1930s brass candle holders
Brass
Magnificent pair of candelabra
Located in Atlanta, GA
Magnificent pair of gilt and patinated bronze candelabra depicting mermaids
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Bronze Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Important pair of French Empire-style five-light bronze candelabra. Each richly patinated winged victory figure rests on a serpentine base with gilt bronze mounts and holds an elabor...
Bronze
$737
H 8.5 in W 5 in D 5 in
Pair of Swedish Modern Brass Candelabra by O.H. Lagerstedt, Eskilstuna, 1950s
Located in Hammarö, SE
Elegant pair of Swedish Modern brass candelabra produced by O.H. Lagerstedt in Eskilstuna during the 1950s. With their refined sculptural form, these pieces feature gracefully curve...
Brass
$647Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 32.29 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
Pair of Ecclesiastical Brass Candelabra, Early 20th Century
Located in Faversham, GB
A pair of ecclesiastical brass candelabra, each one holding seven candles, with incredible verdigris patina to the branch and base. Sitting on ped...
Brass
Midcentury Italian Sculptural Bar Cart/Tea Trolly by Cesare Lacca
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Buffalo, NY
Organic trolley from the 1950s, Italian design by Cesare Lacca, beautiful sculpted walnut. Three removable trays, brass mountings. Made in Italy. Hand delivery avail to New York City...
Brass