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.
Cesare Lacca Italian Midcentury Side Table, Lacquered Wood and Glass, 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This Italian coffee table was designed by Cesare Lacca in the 1950s. The black lacquered wooden frame is constructed in the shape of a splayed Ts. Between the pairs of legs, glass pl...
Glass, Wood
$1,600
H 29.25 in Dm 20 in
Cesare Lacca Style Stainless Steel & Round Glass Tripod Side Table, Italy, 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Miami, FL
Minimalist and elegant Mid-Century Modern side, end or drink table attributed to Cesare Lacca and designed in Italy in the 1950s. It is made of stainless-steel has a polished finish ...
Stainless Steel
$2,097
H 23.63 in W 27.56 in D 10.63 in
Cesare Lacca Curved Walnut Plywood Side Table or Book Stand, Italy, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Den Haag, NL
Cesare Lacca curved walnut plywood side table or book stand, Italy, 1950s.
Walnut
$1,978
H 29.93 in W 30.32 in D 16.54 in
Midcentury Cesare Lacca Italian Serving Trolley Bar Cart in Wood and Glass, 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous midcentury serving bar cart in wood and glass with brass handles. This charming and unique bar cart was designed by Cesare Lacca and produced in Italy during the 1950s. In...
Brass
$1,750
H 22.25 in Dm 23.23 in
Cesare Lacca Italian Mid-Century Brass and Lacquered Wood Round Side Table 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous and unique mid-century side table in black lacquered wood and brass completed by a round crystal glass. This incredibly elegant piece wasdesigned by Cesare Lacca and produc...
Crystal, Brass
$2,038
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
Bakelite, Brass and Iron 1950s Side Tables
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Chic set of three low tables with tubular iron bases, laquered in black paint and ending in brass sabots. The tabletops are black bakelite, with brass surrounds. Heavy, very nice ...
Brass, Iron
$1,978
H 32.29 in W 25.2 in D 19.69 in
Cesare Lacca Midcentury Wood and Glass Italian Trolley Bar Cart, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous midcentury bar cart in wood and brass with two removable crystal glass trays. This wonderful object designed by Cesare Lacca in Italy during 1950s. This structure of this ...
Brass
Extraordinary Cesare Lacca Brass Table, ca. 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Berlin, DE
Extraordinary side table, designed by Cesare Lacca and manufactured in Italy in the 1950s. The table is made of brass and has a crystal glass plate...
Brass
Midcentury Teak Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca, Italy, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Midcentury bar cart by Cesare Lacca, Italy, 1950s. Frame ebonized, tabletop teak wood. Restored surface. New glass top.
Teak
$2,517
H 27.17 in W 32.29 in D 18.51 in
Cesare Lacca Midcentury Brass and Ebonized Wood Italian Bar Cart, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning mid-century bar cart in ebonized wood and brass. This incredibly elegant piece was designed by Cesare Lacca and produced in Italy during the 1950s. In fabulous condition. T...
Brass
1950 Cesare Lacca De Baggis Italian Midcentury Design Side Table
By Angelo De Baggis, Cesare Lacca
Located in Brescia, IT
Cesare Lacca prod. De Baggis Italy, 1950 Side table with paper label "De Baggis". Excellent condition.
Wood
1950s by Cesare Lacca Italian Design Midcentury Coffee Table
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Brescia, IT
Rare coffee table. Mahogany and brass base, original 1950s crystal top. Excellent condition, glass perfect.
Crystal, Brass
Brass & glass portacenere side table by Cesare Lacca
By Cesare Lacca
Located in London, GB
An elegant brass and glass potable side table with Portacenere (ashtray) designed by Cesare Lacca C1950 Italy
Brass
Cesare Lacca Side Table in Brass and Glass, Italy, 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Striking side table attributed to Cesare Lacca and manufactured in Italy 1950s. This table is made of high quality materials and has a beautiful shape. It has a solid brass tripod ba...
Metal, Brass
Cesare lacca side table in brass and glass Italy 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Sophisticated side table designed and manufactured by Cesare Lacca, Italy 1950. This table has a solid brass tripod base and white bar. It has a round brass handle to easily grab it ...
Metal, Brass
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
Sofatable from Cesare Lacca, 1950s, Italy
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Italian brass sofatable with a glasstop from Cesare Lacca.
Brass