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Marcel Breuer Cesca Caned Side Chair from Knoll

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Color:  Beechwood

Size:  One Size

Item# 28547-810124
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This item is final sale and non-returnable.

A Bauhaus icon from MoMA’s collection for your home. 

Considered one of the world’s most iconic chairs—and an object in MoMA’s collection—the Cesca Caned Side Chair is distinguished by its graphic and revolutionary juxtaposition of industrial and natural materials: chrome-plated steel and wicker beech wood. Designed at the Bauhaus school in 1928 by Marcel Breuer, the chair boasts a comfortable cantilevered form that seems to float in the air. The tubular steel frame, a Breuer-Bauhaus signature, is inspired by a bicycle’s frame. Originally known as the B32, the chair was later renamed “Cesca” after Breuer’s daughter, Francesca. The chair’s manufacturer, Knoll, is represented in MoMA’s collection. The Cesca Caned Side Chair is made in the USA and comes fully assembled, measures 31.5h x 18.5w x 23.5”d and weighs 16lbs. 

  • Designer
    Marcel Breuer
  • Size
    31.5h x 18.5w x 23.5"d
    Seat Height:17.75
  • Material
    Beechwood, Cane, Chrome-Plated Steel
  • Year of Design
    1928
  • Origin
    Italy
  • Special shipping charge of $75.00
  • Shipping Method: Front Door Delivery
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Why We Chose This
Described by MoMA curator Cara McCarty as "among the ten most important chairs of the 20th century," Marcel Breuer's Cesca Chair was the designer's greatest commercial success. An icon of Bauhaus design and an object in the Museum's collection, Breuer named the chair after his adopted daughter Francesca, who was nicknamed Cesca. The chair was featured in the 1979–1980 MoMA exhibition Art of the Twenties. 

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