Cesca chair explained
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.[1] [2] The design was named as a tribute to Breuer’s adopted daughter Francesca (nicknamed Cesca).[3] One of the original chairs designed by Breuer is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[4]
The design was purchased in 1968 by Knoll Associates. Since then, approximately 250,000 of the chairs have been purchased.[5] The three official manufacturers of the chair were Thonet (from 1927), Gavina (1950s), and Knoll (1960s).[6]
In 1928, the Cesca chair was the first such tubular-steel-frame, caned-seat chair to be mass-produced.[7] It was among the ten most common such chairs. One of the original ones from that time sits in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.[8] Cara McCarty, a curator at the museum, referred to the chair as being "among the 10 most important chairs of the 20th century".[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Mangino. Samantha. This chair style is all over social media—here's how to get one. 12 November 2021. USA TODAY. en-US.
- Web site: MARCEL BREUER CESCA CHAIR. Bauhausitaly. 18 October 2017. 18 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018190704/http://www.bauhausitaly.com/bauhaus-furniture/marcel-breuer/cesca-breuer-bauhaus-chair+i67.html. dead.
- Web site: Marcel Breuer - The Cesca Chair. Wide Walls. 18 October 2017. 4 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200304075147/https://www.widewalls.ch/bauhaus-design/marcel-breuer-the-cesca-chair/. dead.
- Web site: Mangino. Samantha. This chair style is all over social media—here's how to get one. 12 November 2021. USA TODAY. en-US.
- News: Booth Conroy. Sarah. Modern View of Marcel Breuer. The Washington Post. 18 October 2017.
- Web site: Britt. Aaron. Sam Kaufman on Breuer's B32. Dwell. 18 October 2017.
- Web site: Moore. Mrs. 8 November 2021. THE CESCA CHAIR: LATEST TREND. 12 November 2021. Mad About Mid Century Modern. en-US.
- Web site: Marcel Breuer Cesca Chair. Modern Furniture Designers. 18 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018190934/http://www.modernfurnituredesigners.interiordezine.com/classic-furniture/marcel-breuer-cesca-chair/. 18 October 2017. dead.
- Web site: Louie. Elaine. The Many Lives of a Very Common Chair. The New York Times. 18 October 2017.