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, and was the first such tubular-steel-frame, caned-seat chair to be mass-produced. ^[1][2][3] The design was named as a tribute to Breuer’s adopted daughter Francesca (nicknamed Cesca).^[4]

Side view of a Cesca chair

The design was purchased in 1968 by Knoll Associates. Since then,^{[as of?]} 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 - present.).^[6]

An original Cesca from 1928 is stored in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.^[7] Cara McCarty, a curator at the museum, referred to the chair as being "among the 10 most important chairs of the 20th century".^[8]