1950s More Furniture and Collectibles

This is a brass magazine rack designed and manufactured in Italy in the 1950s, good conditions overall, brass is in original patina. This Italian Magazine it's a stylish and function...

This beautiful Italian magazine cart features the unique sculptural Italian design of Cesare Lacca and makes a stunning addition to any interior. Perfect rolling side table with glas...

1960s modern folding Italian magazine holder by Cesare Lacca. made of walnut and rattan with brass hardware.

A folding magazine rack crafted by tCesare Lacca ( Italian - Born 1929- 1978 ). This exquisite piece showcases elegant cane sides gracefully accentuated by gleaming brass details. W...

Cesare Lacca curved walnut plywood side table or book stand, Italy, 1950s.

This 1970s sculptural modernist Lady’s and Gentleman’s valet clothing stand exudes elegance in the Hollywood Regency style. Crafted by Vereinigte Werkstätten München in Munich, Germa...

Danish Mid-Century Modern magazine holder in Rio rosewood and dark brown leather.

Wonderful magazine rack in black lacquered beech wood with removable mid-century shelves. Cesare Lacca designed this amazing piece and was produced in Milan, Italy during the 1950s. This item is fantastic because it is both stylish and functional, as the black lacquered wood structure blends wonderfully with the brown shelves creating a striking mid-century balance and can be folded in order to easily carry it. This piece is perfect for a mid-century library or living room and will complete any project with its striking lines. 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 training remain lost to history, there are sufficient surviving primary sources that document his many elegant designs in brasswork for which he is the best know and which fetch high prices from collectors. Like many Italian designers in the 20th century, Lacca moved to Milan after World War II to launch his career. Before he was even 21 years old, his work was selected by a group of American curators for inclusion in the landmark exhibition Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today that toured 12 US museums between 1950 and 1953—the first major exhibition of Italian design outside of Italy. The exhibition showcased the best and brightest of Italian designers who had embraced modernist principles and rejuvenated traditional Italian crafts, like Carlo Mollino, Franco Albini, and Gio Ponti In the exhibition catalogue, curator Meyric R. Roger’s spotlights Lacca's expert achievements in brass, noting “the variety and quality of his creations,” which “place him high among the architect-designers leading the current [Modernist] movement." Rogers adds, "The quality of his work...provide[s] all the decorative effectiveness needed without strain or exaggeration”. Lacca designed a great many tea carts and serving trolleys in his career—which make up a large proportion of what is available on the vintage market today—as well as magazine racks and coffee tables. Lacca’s most iconic tea cart was manufactured by Italian brand Cassina and features sculpted beech, cedar, teak, or walnut with brass details, a glass tabletop, and a removable glass tray. Lacca also designed high-backed lounge chairs, which were regularly featured in Arredoluce advertisements for Angelo Lelli’s lighting...

Amazing Mid-Century Modern wood magazine rack and bar cart. This wonderful piece was designed in Italy during 1950s by Cesare Lacca. This item is in a magnificent vintage condition,...

Magazine racks Cesare Lacca Mid-Century Modern Italian design 1950 wood curved.

Magazine rack Mid-Century Modern Italian design wood brass Geometric shape, 1950.

Oak Mid-Century Modern magazine rack. Sold and sturdy with great patina and elegant lines. Handsome wood grain and even color. Cleaned and oiled.