1950s Italian Small Consoles or Bed Side Tables Attributed to Cesare Lacca

This Console designed by Cesare Lacca epitomizes the sleek and minimalist design aesthetic characteristic of the era, combined with the craftsmanship and elegance synonymous with Ita...

Vintage Cart is an original design item attributed to the Italian designer Cesare Lacca in the 1950s. A wooden brass bar cart with shelves glass. Th...

Consolle Cesare Lacca.

Vanity console table with mirror, 1950s Cesare Lacca manner, Large unusually shaped mirror with bronze fittings. Console table with centre drawer with beige glass and brass handle. E...

Circular Brass, glass and steel tripod low table attributed to Cesare Lacca. Italy 1950s Cesare Lacca. Born in Naples in 1929, Italian architect and designer Cesare Lacca created countless furniture and metal objects during the 1950s. Although information about his private and professional life is scarce, there are reliable enough sources to document his elegant brass designs – work for which the designer is best known. Like many Italian designers of the 20th century, Lacca moved to Milan after World War II to launch his career. Before the age of 21, Lacca was selected by a group of American curators to be part of the world-famous Italy at Work exhibition, which toured 12 American museums between 1950 and 1953 – the first major Italian design exhibition outside of Italy. The exhibition collects and exhibits the work of the most talented and prominent Italian designers who embrace and develop modernist principles, revolutionizing the Italian artisan tradition, including Carlo Mollino, Franco Albini, and Gio Ponti Lacca designs over the course of his career a large number of tea and service carts (which correspond to most of his pieces available on today’s market), coffee tables, and magazine racks. The designer’s most iconic trolley, produced by the Italian Cassina, is characterized by several carved wood, and brass details, with glass shelf and removable, usable as a tray. In addition to his carts, Lacca is also known for creating high-backed armchairs, which are regularly included in Arredoluce’s advertisements for Angelo Lelli’s lighting...

Beautiful coffee table with magazine shelf, designed by Cesare Lacca and made in Italy around 1950. This beautiful piece is made of high-quality wood in a warm dark brown colour. It ...