Paper Carts and Bar Carts

Dram dry bar is defined by its open spaces and marked by its sculpted angles and brass components which add levity and delicacy. It is a mid-century modern inspired piece with a mini...

Exquisite Mid Century Modern Italian folding, rolling bar cart by Cesare Lacca. Made in the 1950s Italy, it evokes the same influences as other icons of the era: Gio Ponti, Ico Paris...

Fantastic midcentury wood bar cart with glass serving trays. Cesare Lacca probably designed this amazing piece in Italy during the 1950s. This ...

Fine bar or serving cart by Aldo Tura Milan, Italy 1960s in very good vintage condition. The wooden frame is covered with brown colored goatskin, varnished in clear acrylic lacquer a...

Traditional style walnut rolling bar and serving cart accented with brass railing and handle. This bar cart is beautiful and functional. The inner top is inset with black granite all...

A Mid-Century Modern Italian bar cart by Cesare Lacca. A very nice high quality drinks trolley made of solid brass with turned mahogany stained beechwood x-frame and cast brass roset...

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.

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 ...

Elegant and stately 1960s ivory goatskin lacquer and brass bar cart imported from Italy and designed by Alto Tura, the master of parchment. Iconic and timeless, Aldo Tura bar serving...

Stunning midcentury beech wood, glass and brass bar cart. Cesare Lacca probably designed this fantastic piece in Italy during the 1960s. This item is extremely elegant thanks to its curved brass handle and the composition of its structure: two tiers, the top in crystal glass and the bottom in chestnut wood. Four little wheels, made of brass, complete this astonishing cart. The combination of the different materials result in an amazing contrast. This charming bar cart perfectly suits a midcentury living room or a bar project. Measures in cm: Depth 49 Width 85 Height 66 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 brass—work for which he is 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, regularly featured in Arredoluce advertisements for Angelo Lelli’s lighting...

A spectacular 1990s carved wood elephant bar cart on casters by Marge Carson. The elephant is lacquered off white and gold leaf. The glass is smoked. The ...

Bar cart by Aldo Tura in lacquered goatskin, brass and glass with a removable tray and bottle holders, Italy, 1950s. Measures: 85 x 51 x 62 cm.