$2,400 / set
Cesca Bar Stools
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of three Cesca Model bar stools, in the manner of Marcel Breuer, probably Italian, circa 1980s.
Metal
$3,875 / set
Marcel Breuer. Set of 5 “Cesca” chairs. 1970s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Marcel Breuer Set of 5 “Cesca” chairs, with cane seat and backrest and black lacquered wooden frame.
Chrome
Midcentury Cesca Rattan Chair, Marcel Breuer, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
The wonderful and world-famous Cesca chair designed in the 1920s by Marcel Breuer.
Metal
$3,647 / set
Set of 4 chairs model Cesca, 1960
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Set of 4 Cesca model chairs with armrests and light wood. Condition: Very good - Restored Materials: Wood, Tubular steel, Straw Epoque: 1960
Steel
$1,250 / set
Set Of Two Cesca Chair For Bene Austria 1980s
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Čelinac, BA
Set of Two Cesca Chair By Bene Austria 1980s
Chrome
$1,094Sale Price / set|20% Off
Bauhaus Design CESCA Dining Chair set, Italy 1980's
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Bauhaus Design CESCA Dining Chair set by Marcel Breuer. Made in Italy, 1980's / 90's period.
Chrome
$158Sale Price|68% Off
Mid Century Modern Cesca Style Chair with Caned Seat
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Freehold, NJ
This mid century modern accent chair in the style of Marcel Breuer features beautifully caned seat and back atop a chrome finished cantilever base. Dimensions: 18.5w 22d 32.25h 17.5...
Chrome
Pair of vintage Cesca chairs in light wood - Italy 1990s
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Linkebeek, BE
B32 Marcel Breuer Style - Bauhaus vintage furniture Measures : 47x45cm H:82cm SH:44cm Materials : Beech - Cane - Steel
Steel
90s Cesca Style Chair by Marcel Breuer – Newly Re-Caned
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. The seat an...
Chrome
Set of 4 Mid-Century Modern Cesca Style Chrome and Cane Dining Chairs
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stylish set of four Mid-Century Modern dining chairs in the style of the iconic Cesca chair originally designed by Marcel Breuer.
Chrome
Set of Four Midcentury Cesca Rattan Chairs, Marcel Breuer, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
The wonderful and world-famous Cesca chair designed in the 1920s by Marcel Breuer.
Beech, Rattan
90s Cesca Chair by Marcel Breuer – Newly Re-Caned in perfect Vintage condition
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. The seat an...
Chrome
1960s Cesca Cantilever Chairs by Marcel Breuer for Knoll Int., Set of 4
Located in San Gabriel, CA
Authentic vintage set of four Cesca cantilever dining chairs designed by Marcel Breuer and produced by Knoll International.
Metal
Set of 4 Cesca model B32 chairs by Marcel Breuer – Italy, 1970-80's
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Set of 4 Bauhaus tubular 'Cesca' model B32 chairs designed by Marcel Breuer in 1928.
Chrome
Pair of 70s Italian Cesca Cantilever Chairs in Chrome Black Beech Woven Wicker
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in Roma, IT
Who was the first to use tubular steel for the production of cantilever chairs between Marcel Breuer, Mart Stam and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe could be debated endlessly, what we know ...
Chrome
$7,600Sale Price / set|20% Off
Knoll BRNO Flat Bar Armchairs by Mies van der Rohe, Set of 6
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Knoll
Located in Culver City, CA
For collectors and designers alike, the BRNO sits comfortably alongside other modernist legends: Marcel Breuer’s Cesca chairs, Le Corbusier’s LC series, Eileen Gray’s architectural e...
Stainless Steel
1 of 12 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Upholstered Cesca Armchairs by Bene Austria
By Bene
Located in Zagreb, HR
Marcel Breuer model B64 or ‘Cesca’ design armchairs by Bene Austria.
Steel, Chrome
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.
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