Cesca chairs by Marcel Breuer, 1970

Set of four cesca chairs designed by Marcel Breuer. This set was manufactured in italy. Labeled with country of origin. Chairs are in a good vintage condition, and are structurally sound. A few broken strands here and there, and age related marks on the seats. As one of the best-known chairs in the world, the marcel breuer’s cantilever chair designed in 1927 is another example of his fondness for tubular steel. The revolutionary in abandoning the traditional construction of a four-legs chair design, breuer was inspired by previous models made by heinz rasch and ludwig mies van der rohe. Even though he was not the originator of the cantilevered chair, his design combining tubular steel construction with wooden frames for the seat and back became his greatest commercial success. The chair first came to the attention of consumers through cheap imitations. When the italian manufacturer gavina s.p.a. Started producing his designs in 1962, the chair was nicknamed cesca after breuer’s adopted daughter francesca.