Cesca chair

[ ches-kuh ]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cesca chair¹

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

Example Sentences

“I noticed during photo shoots that a lot of the families had caned chairs, either the Thonet bentwood bistro chair or the Marcel Breuer Cesca chair,” Mazouz said.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Time Magazine Archive