"Cesca" Armchair

Applied Arts of Europe

Designed 1928; manufactured 1928/c. 35; design revised c. 1935; this version made 1969/71

Designed by Marcel Breuer
American, born Hungary, 1902–1981
Made by Gavina S.p.A.
Italian, founded c. 1960
Retailed by Knoll International, Inc.
New York

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Artist: Marcel Breuer
Title: "Cesca" Armchair
Place: Milan (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Designed 1928
Medium: Steel, wood, and cane
Inscriptions: Labels on base of seat: "GAVINA S.p.A./Mod. Cesca-dis.M.Breuer/MADE IN ITALY"//"KNOll Associates/320 Park Avenue/New York, N.Y. 10022/MADE IN ITALY"
Dimensions: 78.1 × 45.7 × 41.3 cm (30 3/4 × 18 × 16 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Knoll International, Inc.
Reference Number: 1971.16

Art Institute of Chicago, Design Episodes: Form, Style Language, Dec 17, 2016–Jun 25, 2017, no cat.

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