Cesca Chair
1928 Cesca Chair
Marcel Breuer 1928
Marcel Breuer married traditional craftsmanship with industrial methods and materials to help make tubular steel furniture an international sensation and a modern institution. The cantilevered form exploits the possibilities unique to the material and gives the chair added flexibility and comfort.
Knoll Cesca Chair : Marcel Breuer 1928
Dimensions : 460 W (560 with arms) x 580 D x 800 H, 460 SH mm (470 SH upholstered)
Options : Fully upholstered or woven cane.
Material : 25mm tubular steel frame with chrome plated finish. Upholstered with polyurethane foam over moulded plywood seat and stamped steel back. Cane version with hardwood beech seat and back frame with handwoven cane inserts. Plastic glides.
Marcel Breuer
Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) was born in Hungary and trained at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, under Walter Gropius. He produced the first tubular steel armchair – the Model B3 aka the Wassily – in 1925, and pioneered furniture made from laminated wood, notably for British manufacturer, Isokon. A 1936 moulded plywood chair he made inspired the work of the Eames a decade later.
About Knoll
Knoll products are defined by a distinct modern sensibility. From classics by the likes of Mies van der Rohe to ground-breaking designs by contemporary creatives including Marc Newson, David Adjaye, Barber Osgerby and Rem Koolhaas.
