Marcel Breuer Cesca Chair Original

This ionic chair is named after his daughter francesca.

Marcel breuer cesca chair original.

Cesca chair knoll original. Original marcel breuer cane chrome arm chair cesca arm chairs. The breuer chair has been made for over fifty years and is the world s most popular chair. The cesca chair was a chair design in 1928 by marcel breuer using tubular steel.

21 may 1902 1 july 1981 was a hungarian born modernist architect and furniture designer. The three official manufacturers of the chair were. The cesca chair which was named after marcel breuer s daughter francesca was bought by the knoll group in 1968. Shortly after finishing his design for the wassily chair breuer continued his explorations of the plastic possibilities of tubular steel with the b32 or the cesca chair as it is now popularly called in this case he molded the material into a single snaking outline onto which he attached two beechwood frames covered in caning.

In 1968 the chair was purchased by knoll associates today known as the knoll group since then approximately 250 000 of the chairs have been purchased. In adherence to the institution s rationalist ideals breuer sought a material suitable for mass production that could also render an artful furniture form. Our breuer cesca chair is influenced by designer marcel breuer a hungarian american architect. Marcel adios breuer ˈ b r ɔɪ.

The cantilevered form exploits the possibilities unique to the material and gives the chair added flexibility and. The breuer cesca chair is both modern and classic. These classic bar stools and chairs have a functional design that works well in both your home or. This marcel breuer chair is also one of the first tubular frame caned seat chair to be mass produced.

The knoll group manufactured over 250 000 of these marcel breuer chairs thanks to the steady popularity of this iconic design. Set of 6 cane chrome marcel breuer cesca thonet style dining armchairs. Chairs cesca designed by marcel breuer cesca chairs designed by marcel. He is one of the great architects and furniture designers of the 20th century.

It was named cesca as a tribute to breuer s adopted daughter francesca nicknamed cheska. At the bauhaus he designed the wassily chair and the cesca chair which is among the 10 most important chairs of the 20 th century breuer extended the sculpture vocabulary he had developed in the carpentry shop at the bauhaus into a personal. Marcel lajos breuer designer of the breuer chair couldn t have possibly imagined how popular his chair would be. Although marcel breuer created the cesca chair shortly after leaving the bauhaus in 1928 it is inherently tied to the material innovation and design principles he formed at the german design school.