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
Magnificent pair of candelabra
Located in Atlanta, GA
Magnificent pair of gilt and patinated bronze candelabra depicting mermaids
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Italian Brevettato Brass Marble Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Brevettato bronze and marble candelabras.
Marble, Bronze
Stunning Pair of 7-candle Gothic Revival Brass Candelabra
Located in Leesburg, VA
Stunning Pair of 7-candle Gothic Revival Brass Candelabra Anonymous Europe; 19th century Brass or bronze Approximate size: 13 (h) x 21 (w) x 4 (d) in. This pair of European bras...
Brass
Pair of Louis XV Style French Brass Candelabra
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of Louis XV style French brass candelabra with four candle cups and nice cast details. Measures: 25.75" Height x 10" Diameter. Base: 5"...
Brass
Pair (2) of magnificent French candelabra made of gilt brass bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair (2) of magnificent French candelabra made of gilt brass bronze and patinated bronze. Pair of French gilt bronze and patinated bronze candelabra French, 20th Century A magnific...
Brass
Pair of Candelabras
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Pair of candelabras, fire gilded with green marble and bohemian crystal trops
Pair of brass candelabra, Italian manufacture
Located in Vittoria, IT
Gorgeous pair of 1930s brass candle holders
Brass
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
$1,738
H 18.9 in W 18.9 in D 5.91 in
Pair Of Antique Articulated Candlesticks, English, Brass, Candelabra, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique articulated candlesticks. An English, brass two branch candelabra, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Appealing table centrepieces, with the...
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
Pair of Continental Tall Vine-like Brass Candelabra
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Continental (19th Century) tall vine like brass candelabra with flowers and urn base (PRICED AS PAIR)
Brass