Cesca chair

American

[ches-kuh] / ˈtʃɛs kə /

noun

a chair, with or without arms, designed by Marcel Breuer in 1928, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless tubular steel and a seat and back of bentwood-framed canework.

Etymology

Origin of Cesca chair

Said to have been named after Breuer's daughter Cesca (Franciska)

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Cesca chair

After leaving the Bauhaus in 1928, he created the simple steel and cane Cesca chair, which, like the Wassily, remains a ubiquitous furnishing today.

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