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.
$15,500 / item
Beyond Gorgeosity Nonna Table
By Feliciano Béjar, Cesare Lacca
Located in Hanover, MA
Exclusive limited edition (of two) occasional table custom crafted in the studio workshop of Beyond Gorgeosity, the Nonna table, our own new design created from selected vintage elem...
Brass
$2,472
H 24.41 in W 9.85 in D 8.67 in
Drink Table / Side Table / Gueridon in Gilt Iron with Brass Top, Spain 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Iron and Brass Spanish Drinks Table ____________________________________________________________ Wrough iron small guéridon end / side table or stand with tripod base and brass top. ...
Metal, Brass, Iron
$2,296
H 26.78 in W 14.57 in D 12.21 in
Spanish Drinks Table Gueridon / End or Side Table in Black Iron
Located in Barcelona, ES
Martini Table // Gueridon // Side Table // End Table // Drink Table // Floor Ashtray Elegant hand-hammered iron drinks end table /floor ashtray standing on tripod base. Spain, 1950...
Iron, Wrought Iron
$2,731Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.43 in Dm 12.01 in
Spanish Carved Alabaster Gueridon Table / Side Table, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Carved Alabaster Art Deco Gueridon Table Spain, 1940s Outstanding Gueridon Side Table / Drinks Table in Turned Alabaster. Manufactured at the Late Art Deco Period. Elegant al...
Alabaster
$2,472
H 24.02 in W 11.03 in D 10.63 in
Drinks Table / Side Table / Gueridon in Gilt Iron with Metal Top, Spain 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Iron and Metal Spanish Drinks Tripod Table ____________________________________________________________ Wrough iron small guéridon end / side table or stand with tripod base and silv...
Metal, Brass, Iron
$2,296
H 23.23 in W 11.42 in D 9.65 in
Spanish Drinks Table Gueridon / End or Side Table in Black Iron
Located in Barcelona, ES
Martini Table // Gueridon // Side Table // End Table // Drink Table Elegant hand-hammered iron drinks end table standing on tripod base. Spain, 1940s. This Gueridon table has a roun...
Iron, Wrought Iron
Jacques Adnet Style Clock Side Table
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Miami, FL
Unusual and rare Jacques Adnet style clock side table. Swiss clock mechanism.
Brass
French 1920s Enameled Tripod Table
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Small round tripod gueridon table, with a patterned, enameled metal top and twisted iron legs. The table used to be collapsible.
Metal, Wrought Iron
$11,500
H 28.5 in W 26 in D 18 in
Angelo Mangiarotti Carrara Marble Tall Side Table from Eros Series, 1971
By Skipper, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper from the 'Eros' series, Carrara marble tall side table or console with top fitted on a conical base. This elegantly organic table has beautiful subtle veining throughout. Original Skipper label on underside. As the label attests, this Mangiarotti Carrara...
Carrara Marble
Oak Side Table, "Table Ellipse" by Designer Hoon Moreau
By Hoon Moreau
Located in Paris, FR
CURRENTLY ON COMMAND ONLY ( 8 weeks delay) Art furniture from "Tables Enchantées" model "Ellipse" by Designer Hoon Moreau. Solid oak. Crack sculptured on the top. Base sculptured an...
Oak
Spanish Alabaster Gueridon Table / Side Table
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gueridon Side Table / Drinks Table in Turned Alabaster, Spain, 1950s-1960s Manufactured at the Mid-Century Modern Period. Elegant alabaster side table with round top and pedestal rou...
Alabaster, Brass
$2,178
H 23.63 in W 9.26 in D 9.85 in
Spanish Drinks Table / Side Table / Gueridon in Wrought Iron, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Elegant Gothic style hand-hammered iron round gueridon table standing on a tripod base. Spain, 1940s. This wrought iron black painted table has twisted details at the steam and the t...
Iron, Wrought Iron
Oak Side Table from "Tables Enchantées" by Designer Hoon Moreau
By Hoon Moreau
Located in Paris, FR
On command only : Art furniture from "Tables Enchantées" by designer korean Hoon Moreau. Solid oak. Crack sculptured on the top. Base sculptured and tinted in nuances from black to n...
Oak
Round Italian Mid-century Guedidon 1950s Brass Gold Marble Cesare Lacca
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Italian Mid-century Guedidon 1950s Brass Gold Marble Cesare Lacca
Marble, Brass
Cesare Lacca Midcentury Side Table in Brass and Glass, Italy 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous side table attributed to Cesare Lacca and manufactured in Italy 1950s. This table is made of materials of high quality and has an absolute striking simple but beautiful and ...
Metal, Brass
Sold
H 26.78 in Dm 12.6 in
Round Gueridon Mahogany Cesare Lacca Midcentury Italian Design Glass Top 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Gueridon mahogany Cesare Lacca midcentury Italian Design glass top, 1950s.
Glass, Mahogany