Vintage trolley by Cesare Lacca for Cassina, Italy 1960s

Vintage bar trolley designed by Cesare Lacca for Cassina. This trolley was designed in Italy between 1950 and 1959. It is made of lacquered rosewood and patinated copper. The copper has traces of corrosion. The trolley still has two original glass "trays" and a bracket for bottles. The patina gives the trolley a beautiful vintage look. Caesar Lacca. Born in Naples in 1929, Italian architect-designer Cesare Lacca created modernist furniture and metalwork in the 1950s. While details of his personal life and professional training remain lost to history, there are plenty of surviving primary sources documenting his many elegant designs in copper - work for which he is best known and fetches high prices from collectors. Lacca designed a large number of tea carts and serving trolleys in his career - which make up a large part of what is available on the vintage market today - as well as magazine racks and coffee tables. Manufactured by Italian brand Cassina, Lacca's most iconic tea cart features carved beech, cedar, teak or walnut with brass details, a glass table top and a removable glass bowl. Reference : 270085