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Cesca Chairs

Breuer Chairs Made In Italy

Marcel Breuer Chair Bauhaus

Knoll Cesca

Marcel Breuer Cane Or Chrome Table

Cesca Italy

Italian Mid Century Cane Chairs

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Located in Ljubljana, SI

Beautiful vintage Cesca-style cantilever chair dating from the 1990s, featuring a warm wooden frame, natural cane seat and backrest, and the iconic tubular chrome frame.

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1990s European Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Pair of 4 Marcel Breuer B64 Design Cesca Chairs by Gavina, circa 1960

$4,800 / set

Pair of 4 Marcel Breuer B64 Design Cesca Chairs by Gavina, circa 1960

By Marcel Breuer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pair of 4 Chairs, model Cesca, designed by Marcel Breuer. Manufactured in Italy around 1960 by Gavina manufacturer.

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Midcentury Cesca Rattan Chair, Marcel Breuer, Italy, 1960s

$819

Midcentury Cesca Rattan Chair, Marcel Breuer, Italy, 1960s

Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL

Beautiful midcentury rattan, velvet and wood chair. The wonderful and world-famous Cesca chair designed in the 1920s by Marcel Breuer.

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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Set of Six Vintage Cesca Chairs by Marcel Breuer made in Italy c. 1970's

$4,500 / set

Set of Six Vintage Cesca Chairs by Marcel Breuer made in Italy c. 1970's

By Marcel Breuer

Located in New York, NY

Exceptional set of six vintage Cesca dining chairs designed by Marcel Breuer, made in Italy c 1970's.

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Vintage 1970s Italian Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Chrome

$4,827Sale Price / set|25% Off

Set of Four Marcel Breuer Cesca Chairs by Gavina, circa 1970

By Marcel Breuer, Gavina

Located in Barcelona, ES

Set of four armchairs, model Cesca, designed by Marcel Breuer. Manufactured by Gavina, circa 1970. Metal pipe frame, seat and back with new upholstery added later. Originally was se...

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Steel

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1960s Marcel Breuer Walnut Cesca Chairs

Unavailable

H 2 in W 2 in D 2 in

1960s Marcel Breuer Walnut Cesca Chairs

By Marcel Breuer

Located in Sarasota, FL

Pair of 1960s Marcel Breuer walnut Cesca chairs.

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Vintage 1960s French Vienna Secession Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Set of 17 Orange Marcel Breuer "Cesca" Chairs

Unavailable

H 31 in W 18.75 in D 22 in

Set of 17 Orange Marcel Breuer "Cesca" Chairs

By Marcel Breuer

Located in Dallas, TX

Beautiful set of 17 original “Cesca” chairs. (Stamped "made in Italy"). Chrome tube frame.

Unavailable

H 29.93 in W 17.72 in D 22.45 in

1960s Italian Cantilever Metal Framed & Fabric Cushioned Chairs

Located in PEGO, Alicante

Mid-Century Italian Designed Cantilever Metal Framed & Fabric Cushioned Chairs dated to the early 1960s This is a beautiful set of 6 chairs that is ready for its next home, these wo...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Chairs

Materials

Metal

Cesca Chair, 1990s, 1 of 2

Located in Ljubljana, SI

Cesca Chair. Period: 1990s, Italy. Style: midcentury modern, classic.

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1990s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Set of 4 Cesca Chairs

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H 32 in W 18.25 in D 20 in

Set of 4 Cesca Chairs

By Marcel Breuer

Located in Puslinch, ON

Condition: Great Vintage Condition Dimensions: 18.25” L x 20” D x 32” H (17.5” SH) Description: A vintage set of 4 Cesca chairs. 2/4 chairs are authentic - remaining 2 are likely r...

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Cane

Eight Black Marcel Breuer Style "Cesca" Chairs

Sold

H 31 in W 18.75 in D 22 in

Eight Black Marcel Breuer Style "Cesca" Chairs

By Marcel Breuer

Located in Dallas, TX

This Bauhaus style armchairs are part of the most important list from the 20th century design furniture collection. Eight original “Cesca” chairs, (Stamped "made in Italy"). The chai...

Materials

Steel

H 31.5 in W 23.5 in D 23.5 in

Cesca Armchair by Marcel Breuer for Knoll, Mid-Century Modern Design

By Marcel Breuer

Located in Centreville, VA

The Cesca Armchair, designed by modernist pioneer Marcel Breuer and produced by Knoll, is an iconic fusion of innovation, craftsmanship, and timeless design. Introduced in 1928, the ...

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Vintage 1920s Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Materials

Brass

Mustard Mohair Velvet Round Ottoman with Oak Feet, Modern UK Design

$2,519 / item

H 15.75 in Dm 21.66 in

Mustard Mohair Velvet Round Ottoman with Oak Feet, Modern UK Design

Located in London, England

Dagmar Design - Round Ottoman Custom-made ottoman developed & produced at our workshops in London using the highest quality materials. These examples are upholstered in a mustar...

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2010s British Scandinavian Modern Ottomans and Poufs

Materials

Oak, Mohair, Velvet

Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool

$1,750 / item

H 33 in W 18.5 in D 19 in

Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool

By Bertu Furniture

Located in Oak Harbor, OH

Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern...

Category

2010s American Modern Stools

Materials

Wood, Oak

$7,485 / item

H 87 in W 59 in D 18 in

Geometric Mid Century Open Bookcase

Located in Westwood, NJ

Finished in Batavia Black with a Sandbar finish interior, this bookcase showcases rhythmic, crescent-shaped oval cut-outs that form an architectural silhouette—an homage to the sculp...

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21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Wood

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Shopping for Vintage Cesca Chairs?

Designed by Marcel Breuer (1902–81) for the Austrian furniture maker Gebrüder Thonet, the original Cesca chair is a paragon of Bauhaus design, combining natural beechwood caning and modern tubular steel for a sensibility that celebrates both handicraft and industrialization. Today vintage Cesca chairs will define casual elegance in your dining room.

Breuer got his start in architecture after dropping out of the painting program at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He began apprenticing with a Viennese architect and went on to join the Bauhaus movement in 1921, when he was just 19 years old, eventually becoming a master carpenter at the German arts school. While there, Breuer designed furniture for Sommerfeld House in Berlin, industrialist Adolf Sommerfeld’s private residence, which was conceived by architects Walter Gropius (the Bauhaus school’s founder) and Adolf Meyer. Not long afterward, Breuer’s experiments with tubular steel would yield his Wassily chair, named for his friend, painter and Bauhaus professor Wassily Kandinsky, as well as the Cesca. Whether in metal or wood, Breuer’s design objects are elegant and adaptable examples of classic modernist design — useful and appropriate in any environment.

Originally called the B32, Breuer renamed the Cesca chair in honor of his daughter, Francesca, when Italian manufacturer Gavina began producing it in the early 1960s. Knoll introduced the chair when it acquired Gavina in 1968 and continues to manufacture it today. The Cesca chair was the first-ever tubular steel frame chair with a caned seat to be mass produced — a breakthrough for furniture design.

Find vintage Cesa chairs and other seating on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Seating for You

With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.

Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.

Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.

The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.

Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.

With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.

Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.

No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.