Mario Pasquinelli Furniture

Set of four coat hooks in brass and lacquered aluminum, Italy, 1970s. This set is a wonderful example of how the combination of brass and aluminium can produce very elegant and stylish results. These items are the perfect completion for a midcentury hallway...

Timeless and elegant best describe this Renna coat rack designed by Bruce Tippex for Knoll International and Gavina in the 1960s. This unique vintage coat rack is made of orange lacq...

Mid-Century Modern Coat Hanger, Italy, 1950s

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Mid-Century Modern Cactus Coat Rack, Italy

- very rare - elegant and representative.

Wonderful magazine rack in black lacquered beech wood with removable mid-century shelves. Cesare Lacca designed this amazing piece and was produced in Milan, Italy during the 1950s. This item is fantastic because it is both stylish and functional, as the black lacquered wood structure blends wonderfully with the brown shelves creating a striking mid-century balance and can be folded in order to easily carry it. This piece is perfect for a mid-century library or living room and will complete any project with its striking lines. 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...

Italian Mid-Century Modern wooden structure and four brass hooks wall coat hanger. Elegant wall coat hanger, with four brass hooks with a typical mid-century and sixties design. Even...

Vintage wooden wall coat rack with plastic hooks in black and white colours.

Italian Mid-Century Modern wooden structure and three brass hooks wall coat hanger. Elegant wall coat hanger, with four brass hooks with a typical midcentury and sixties design. Even...

The clean yet elegant silhouette of Giglio coat stand makes it a refined decorative piece. The structure in black lacquered wood is enhanced by the exquisite shades of Corno Italiano...

Mid-century coat rack from walnut with black iron, Italy 1960 Coatrack, wall wardrobe made from walnut wood and solid walnut knobs and iron hardware. It's a well-made piece that i...