Engineering:Cesca chair
The Cesca chair (/ˈtʃɛskə/) is a chair design created in 1928 by the Hungarian-American architect and designer Marcel Breuer. It consists of a tubular steel frame and a rattan seat and backing.[1][2] The design was named as a tribute to Breuer’s adopted daughter Francesca (nicknamed Cesca).[3] One of the original chairs designed by Breuer is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[4]
The design was purchased in 1968 by Knoll Associates. Since then,[when?] approximately 250,000 of the chairs have been purchased.[5] The three official manufacturers of the chair were Thonet (from 1927), Gavina (1950s), and Knoll (1960s).[6]
In 1928, the Cesca chair was the first such tubular-steel-frame, caned-seat chair to be mass-produced.[7] It was among the ten most common such chairs. One of the original ones from that time sits in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.[8] Cara McCarty, a curator at the museum, referred to the chair as being "among the 10 most important chairs of the 20th century".[9]
References
- ↑ Mangino, Samantha. "This chair style is all over social media—here's how to get one" (in en-US). https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/reviewed/2021/10/19/cesca-chair-all-rage-heres-where-you-can-order-one-online/8525095002/.
- ↑ "MARCEL BREUER CESCA CHAIR". Bauhausitaly. http://www.bauhausitaly.com/bauhaus-furniture/marcel-breuer/cesca-breuer-bauhaus-chair+i67.html. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ↑ "Marcel Breuer - The Cesca Chair". Wide Walls. http://www.widewalls.ch/bauhaus-design/marcel-breuer-the-cesca-chair/. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ↑ Mangino, Samantha. "This chair style is all over social media—here's how to get one" (in en-US). https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/reviewed/2021/10/19/cesca-chair-all-rage-heres-where-you-can-order-one-online/8525095002/.
- ↑ Booth Conroy, Sarah. "Modern View of Marcel Breuer". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/10/11/modern-view-of-marcel-breuer/425dda6a-e7aa-48a3-b527-8f005653ad8f/. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ↑ Britt, Aaron. "Sam Kaufman on Breuer's B32". Dwell. https://www.dwell.com/article/sam-kaufman-on-breuers-b32-040ca58b. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ↑ Moore, Mrs (8 November 2021). "THE CESCA CHAIR: LATEST TREND" (in en-US). https://www.madaboutmidcenturymodern.com/the-cesca-chair-latest-trend/.
- ↑ "Marcel Breuer Cesca Chair". Modern Furniture Designers. http://www.modernfurnituredesigners.interiordezine.com/classic-furniture/marcel-breuer-cesca-chair/. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ↑ Louie, Elaine. "The Many Lives of a Very Common Chair". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/07/garden/the-many-lives-of-a-very-common-chair.html?mcubz=0. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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