Cesare Lacca Dry Bars
Italian, b. 1929
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.
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Creator: Cesare Lacca
Italian Console Table in Walnut, Brass and Glass by Cesare Lacca, Italy 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
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Mid-Century Modern Dry Bar/ Trolley by Cesare Lacca, Italy, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Dry Bar/ Trolley by Cesare Lacca, Italy, 1950s
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cesare Lacca Dry Bars
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Lovely 1950s Cesare Lacca Mahogany Bar Cart Trolley with Removable Trays
By Cesare Lacca, Cassina
Located in London, GB
A 1950s Cesare Lacca bart cart trolley in rich lacquered mahogany with removable glass trays with brass detailing and orignal brass castors, for Italian company Cassina.
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Caesar Lacquer Bar Trolley, Year 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Cesare Lacca bar cart, 1950s, Made in Italy.
Cart designed by Cesare Lacca in the 1950s, with glass tops and lacquered mahogany wood frame finished with brass edging.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Dry Bars
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Cesare Lacca Italian Midcentury Bar Display Cabinet
By Cesare Lacca
Located in bari, IT
Bar display cabinet made in Italy from the 1950s, designer Cesare Lacca.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Dry Bars
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Bar cart attributed to Cesare Lacca, Year 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Bar cart attributed to Cesare Lacca, Year 1950, Made in Italy.
Beautiful 1950 bar cart, wood and brass, with two removable glass trays.
The frame of this cart is made of stained wal...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Dry Bars
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Bar Cart Trolley by Cesare Lacca, 1950’s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Brussel, BE
Beautiful serving trolley, bar cart with a three bottles holder, one shelve and a magazines compartiment, made in wood, glass and brass, designed by Cesare Lacca in the 1950’s.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cesare Lacca Dry Bars
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Italian 1950s Cesare Lacca Wood and Brass Bar Cart Trolley with Drink Holder
By Cesare Lacca
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1950s Cesare Lacca wood and brass bar cart trolley with brass drinks holder.
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Liquor trolley by Cesare Lacca - brass and rosewood
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Well shaped Italian liquor trolley/serving cart by Cesare Lacca.
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Cesare Lacca dry bars for sale on 1stDibs.
Cesare Lacca dry bars are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Cesare Lacca dry bars, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original dry bars by Cesare Lacca were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider dry bars by Paolo Buffa, Pier Luigi Colli, and Umberto Mascagni. Prices for Cesare Lacca dry bars can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $2,044 and can go as high as $2,748, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,161.