Midcentury Cesare Lacca White Walnut Wood Italian Bar Cart, 1950s

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...

Incredible Italian serving bar cart in curved walnut. This fantastic piece was designed by Gino Maggioni in Italy in the late 30s and still has its signed plate on the bottom. This ...

Fantastic mid century wood bar trolley. It was produced by Cesare Lacca in Italy during 1950s. This wonderful piece comes with two glass removable trays and an ergonomic bottle rack. The lines of this piece make it perfect for a midcentury-style dining room or bar. 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...

Unique mid-century bar cart in mahogany wood and brass. This fantastic item was designed in Italy during the 1960s. This magnificent bar cart is amazing because of the shape of th...

Sculptural Modernist walnut bar cart/trolley with two laminate surfaces, all supported by caster wheels (ca. 1960s, Italy). Sharp, crisp lines and superior craftsmanship utilizing complex wood joinery techniques, though designer is unknown. Top tray is removable for easy cart...

Midcentury bar cart by Cesare Lacca, Italy, 1950s. Frame ebonized, tabletop teak wood. Restored surface. New glass top.

This wood and formica serving trolley, produced in Italy in the 1950s, is in very good vintage condition. It shows normal signs of age and use, consistent with its time

Elegant Mid-Century Modern bar cart , age 1950s in wood cherry and top in formica with chromed steel wheels. With its simple and elegant design it knows how to make itself pleasant...