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 Glass Console
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Unique sculptural console by Cesare Lacca, Italy 1950's Wonderful angular design with floating glass top and perforated metal box with brass detail. Box can be used as a planer o...
Brass
Cesare Lacca Consolle Brass Marbre Iron 1950 Italy
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Milano, IT
Consolle Cesare Lacca.
Brass
Console Nightstand by Cesare Lacca Mid-Century Modern in Mahogany wax polished
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1950s console nightstand by Cesare Lacca Mid-Century Modern, in mahogany with glass top, wax polished
Glass, Mahogany
Sold|$1,179
H 29.53 in W 17.72 in D 27.56 in
Italian Brass and Lacquered with tray Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Nicolosi, IT
Italian Mid-Century Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca, 1950s This elegant bar cart from the 1950s, designed by Cesare Lacca, showcases timeless Italian craftsmanship. With its rich mahogany ...
Brass
$2,200
H 4.5 in W 21 in D 8.62 in
Italian Designer, Wall Mounted Console, Bamboo, Rattan, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A bamboo and rattan wall mounted console designed and produced by a Italian designer, Italy, 1950s.
Bamboo, Rattan
1950s Wall Console with Marble Top, Italy
Located in New York, NY
Wall console made of beech with a grey marble top with white veins and a drawer. The console has been restored and polished by hand. It is the perfect addition to any entrance or hal...
Marble
$2,005
H 29.14 in W 35.44 in D 23.23 in
Midcentury Cesare Lacca Brass and Black Lacquer Wood Italian Bar Cart, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury vintage serving table or bar cart with brass frame. Cesare Lacca probably designed this extraordinary item and was produced ...
Brass, Metal
$1,176Sale Price|20% Off
H 26.78 in W 36.62 in D 18.51 in
Mid-Century Wooden Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca, Italy, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Catania, CT
Sophisticated Italian bar cart designed by Cesare Lacca, crafted in the 1950s. The structure is made of beautifully shaped wood, showcasing Lacca’s signature organic lines and elegan...
Glass, Wood
$4,542
H 27.17 in W 18.12 in D 25.99 in
Small Mid-Century Modern Bar Cart & Magazine Rack by Cesare Lacca - Italy
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Girona, Girona
Small bar cart and magazine rack, stained solid mahogany, French polish. Removable tray, polished brass hardware and wheels. Design: Cesare Lacca It...
Brass
Italian Designer, Console Table, Wood, Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and glass console table designed and produced in Italy, c. 1950s. Minimal wear to glass. Mild to moderate imperfections to wood frame from normal use and natural cracking. ...
Glass, Wood
Mid-Century Italian Organic Console, Italy, 1950s
By Guglielmo Ulrich, Ico Parisi
Located in Argelato, BO
Rare organic mid-century Italian console in wood, brass and glass. It is a rare and refined example, comparable in style and expressive power to the work of two of the most important...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Nightstands
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern walnut nightstands with sculpted wood handles. Two drawers with brass trim handles. Please confirm location NY of NJ.
Brass
Cesare Lacca, Bar Cart, Wood, Brass, Glass, Italy, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in High Point, NC
A dark-stained wood, brass and glass bar cart designed and produced by Cesare Lacca, Italy, c. 1950s. Dramatic patina brass. Minor cracking on wood handles consistent with age and u...
Brass
$3,893 / set
H 21.66 in W 19.49 in D 9.06 in
Pair of Black Wall-Mounted Console Tables / Nightstands attr. to Ulrich
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. These wall-mounted console tables / nightstands feature a black beech frame with brass handles. Ulrich used this sinuous design also for wall lights and sconces...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca, Walnut & Glass, Italy
By Cesare Lacca, Cassina
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian bar cart made of hand crafted polished Walnut, designed by Cesare Lacca and produced by Cassina, enhanced by detailed wood carvings, in good cond...
Metal, Chrome
Sold
H 33.47 in W 44.89 in D 10.24 in
Italian Console Table in Walnut, Brass and Glass by Cesare Lacca, Italy 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Incredibly elegant and unique console table in walnut, brass and enameled perforated metal with crystal glass top. This stunning piece was designed by Cesare Lacca and produced in It...
Brass
Sold
H 31.89 in W 42.92 in D 13 in
1950s Cesare Lacca Mid-century Modern Brass Wood and Glass Italian Console
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Console designed by Cesare Lacca epitomizes the sleek and minimalist design aesthetic characteristic of the era, combined with the craftsmanship and elegance synonymous with Ita...
Brass, Iron
Cesare Lacca Suspended Console Table and Mirror, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Milano, IT
Suspended console and mirror designed by Cesare Lacca in the 1950s. Rare suspended entrance console totally in wood with mirror. The console has a light wood shelf, while the two arms are in darker wood and are rounded outwards and unite in a sinuous tip. The vintage console mirror...
Mirror, Wood
Sold
H 31.5 in W 42.5 in D 13 in
Cesare Lacca Midcentury Italian Modern Glass and Walnut Console Table
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A shallow depth Italian console or hall table designed by Cesare Lacca and made in Italy, circa 1950s. It features a slim solid walnut frame with floating glass top and lower planter...
Brass
Mid Century Expandable Walnut and Cork Top Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca
By Cesare Lacca, Baker Furniture Company
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage serving bar cart designed by Cesare Lacca for Baker Furniture Company in walnut. This unique piece features a striking sculpted X-base and...
Brass
Console Planter by Cesare Lacca, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Brussels, BE
Console planter by Cesare Lacca Italian design, circa 1950 In brass metal wood and glass.
Brass
Sold
H 33.86 in W 49.22 in D 14.77 in
Elegant Italian, 1950s Cesare Lacca Brass Base and Original Glass Top Console
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Brussels, BE
Born in Naples in 1929, Italian architect-designer Cesare Lacca created modernist furniture and metalwork throughout the 1950s. Though details of his personal life and professional t...
Brass
Outstanding Cesare Lacca Console Plant Stand Mid-century Modern
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Pemberton, NJ
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 c...
Glass
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 ...
Italian Console Table & Mirror by Cesare Lacca
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE
Slim and narrow console table and mirror with tapering tailored silhouette. (Sorry about the crooked looking photos; my floor is uneven; not the table!)
T...
Marble, Brass, Wrought Iron