Knoll Marcel Breuer Cesca Chair
Designed in 1928 marcel breuer s cesca chair married traditional craftsmanship with industrial methods and materials to help make tubular steel furniture an international sensation and a modern institution.
Knoll marcel breuer cesca chair. At the bauhaus marcel breuer married traditional craftsmanship with industrial methods and materials to help make tubular steel furniture an international sensation and a modern institution. But breuer who worked with both gavina and knoll made some design changes over the years. Reimagined classic 100 years of bauhaus. It was named cesca as a tribute to breuer s adopted daughter francesca nicknamed cheska.
Protégé of bauhaus founder walter gropius marcel breuer embodied many of the school s distinctive concepts and was and one of the school s most famous students. Breuer eventually sold his furniture collection to the italian design company gavina spa. The structure is at once natural and industrial striking a balance with its cane rattan seat and back and its trademark frame inspired by that of a bicycle. Along with the wassily chair the collection included the cesca side chair and laccio table collection both modern classics in their own right.
The cesca chair was a chair design in 1928 by marcel breuer using tubular steel. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the bauhaus we have taken the cesca chair to new heights specifically bar and counter. Marcel breuer first designed this chair which he named after his daughter francesca in 1928 and yet in 2019 it still seems to be everywhere. In 1968 the chair was purchased by knoll associates today known as the knoll group since then approximately 250 000 of the chairs have been purchased.
In large part it was the breuer collection that motivated knoll to acquire gavina in 1968. Cesca chair item share this marcel breuer. Along with the wassily chair the collection included the cesca side chair and laccio table collection both modern classics in their own right. Marcel breuer s signature and knoll studio logo are stamped into the base of each chair to verify authenticity.
Knoll is the only authorized and licensed manufacturer of the cesca chair. The three official manufacturers of the chair were. Informed by the principles of the bauhaus and the designer s revolutionary innovations in material the simple yet outstanding design resonates just as much as. About 250 000 cesca chairs have been sold since 1968 said david schutte a product manager at knoll.
Knoll introduced the cesca chair in 1968 following its acquisition of gavina group an italian furniture manufacturer that represented legendary architect marcel breuer s designs.