Cesca chair
The Cesca chair is a chair design created in 1928 by the Hungarian-American architect and designer Marcel Breuer. It consists of a tubular steel frame and a rattan seat and backing, and was the first such tubular-steel-frame, caned-seat chair to be mass-produced. The design was named as a tribute to Breuer's adopted daughter Francesca (nicknamed Cesca). • Illustration — Side view of a Cesca chair The design was purchased in 1968 by Knoll Associates.
Also recorded as B32
Cesca chair
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- cantilever chair
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- 1928
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Since then, approximately 250,000 of the chairs have been purchased. The three official manufacturers of the chair were Thonet (from 1927), Gavina (1950s), and Knoll (1960s - present.). An original Cesca from 1928 is stored in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. Cara McCarty, a curator at the museum, referred to the chair as being "among the 10 most important chairs of the 20th century".
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1928
Cesca chair first recorded.
1928
Cesca chair is recorded from 1928.
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- 1.Mangino, Samantha. This chair style is all over social media—here's how to get one. USA TODAY.
- 2.Bauhausitaly. MARCEL BREUER CESCA CHAIR.
- 3.Moore, Mrs. THE CESCA CHAIR: LATEST TREND. Mad About Mid Century Modern. 8 November 2021.
- 4.Wide Walls. Marcel Breuer - The Cesca Chair.
- 5.Booth Conroy, Sarah. Modern View of Marcel Breuer. The Washington Post.
- 6.Britt, Aaron. Sam Kaufman on Breuer's B32. Dwell. 27 December 2010.
- 7.Modern Furniture Designers. Marcel Breuer Cesca Chair.
- 8.Louie, Elaine. The Many Lives of a Very Common Chair. The New York Times. 7 February 1991.
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