Crystal Serving Tables

Marvellous Mid-Century bar cart with magazine rack and bar cart. This wonderful piece was designed by Cesare Lacca and produced by De Baggis in Italy during 1950s. This elegant maga...

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...

Spectacular brass and crystal glass serving bar trolley with service tray. This serving cart was produced by Maison Baguès in France during 1950s. The structure of this elegant pi...

A fine English decanter carrier box on stand of mahogany - the carrier with opposing brass handles, opening to an interior fitted with four removable glass decanters, each with a por...

Rare serving table with a structure in walnut wood and ground crystal on top, designed by Mario Gottardi, Italian manufacture from the 1950s. Mario Gottardi was born in Venice in 1913. He graduated from the Politecnico di Milano in 1939 and since then, in the Lombard capital, he has carried out an intense and multifaceted activity. The areas of intervention range from urban planning to restoration, from public and private buildings, to naval, hotel, private and theatrical furniture both in Italy and abroad. His university career, held at the University of Pavia, saw him engaged since 1949 as an ordinary assistant at the Institute of Drawing. Since 1955 he has been a lecturer in drawing at the Faculty of Sciences and in 1965 he became Director of the Institute. In 1973 he was appointed professor at the Faculty of Engineering. His profession began in Venice, his hometown, with restoration works including Palazzo Nero and Palazzo Contarini delle Figure on the Grand Canal. From the beginning his style is characterized by constant research and experimentation with regard to materials and structural types. In 1951 he renovated the interiors and created the furnishings of the Hotel Bauer Grunwald. In 1958 he collaborated in the urban design of Piazzale Roma. The church of S. Pietro Martire in Cinisello Balsamo dates back to 1965, between 1966 and 1969 develops the project for the new Conchiglia Grand Hotel Torre di Madesimo and in 1968 is dedicated to the realization of the theater and cultural center San Babila in Milan. In 1970 he worked on the planning of the tourist complexes of Marmaria, Kiris North and Aksu East in Turkey. The company’s headquarters in Viale Luigi Sturzo (Milan), the offices of the Zurich group in Piazza Carlo Erba (Milan) and the construction of the parish complex of Sesto San Giovanni were renovated in the 1990s. His participation in the competitions, which had already begun in 1953, saw him successfully involved in some projects. He won, at different times, competitions for the ships Cristoforo Colombo (1953), Leonardo da Vinci (1958), Michelangelo (1962), whose furnishings he made. He also participated in the competition for the "Repertoire of Type Projects" of the Lombardy Region, for the Centre Pompidou in Paris, for "Three Churches...

A tray composed by two pieces which can be easily moved thanks to the wheels. The structure is made of brass while the shelves are made of crystal. The smaller tray has two shelves ...

Rounded small Gueridon table with black crystal top edged with bronze crown. This table is particular for the presence of four extractable trays...