Cesca Chair

E207284

The Cesca Chair is a pioneering modernist cantilevered chair that combines a tubular steel frame with a cane seat and back, exemplifying Bauhaus design principles.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cesca Chair canonical 3
Cesca Chair with armrests 1
Model B3 chair 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bauhaus design object
cantilever chair
chair design
modernist furniture
associatedWithDesigner Marcel Breuer
associatedWithMovement Bauhaus
designer Marcel Breuer
exemplifies Bauhaus design principles
functionalist design
industrial materials in furniture
feature bent tubular steel frame
caned seat and backrest
continuous tubular steel base
flexible cantilevered seating
no rear legs
visible joinery between frame and seat
hasBackMaterial cane
hasBackType low backrest
hasCulturalStatus classic Bauhaus chair
icon of 20th-century furniture design
hasDesignGoal mass production suitability
material efficiency
structural clarity
visual lightness
hasDesignPrinciple form follows function
honest expression of materials
minimal ornamentation
hasDesignStyle Bauhaus
Modernism
hasEra early 20th century modernism
hasFrameMaterial tubular steel
hasNameOrigin Francesca Breuer
hasSeatMaterial cane
hasSeatType flat caned seat
hasStructureType cantilevered frame
hasTypicalFinish chromed steel
hasTypicalSeatColor natural cane
hasTypicalUse dining chair
side chair
hasVariant Cesca Chair self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cesca Chair with armrests

Cesca Chair self-linksurface differs
surface form: armless Cesca Chair
influenced later tubular steel furniture designs
namedAfter Francesca Breuer
supports single-plane cantilevered seating
usesConstructionTechnique welded tubular steel
woven cane caning

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marcel Breuer notableFor Cesca Chair
Marcel Breuer designed Cesca Chair
Breuer notableWork Cesca Chair
subject surface form: Marcel Breuer
Wassily Chair alternativeName Cesca Chair
this entity surface form: Model B3 chair
Cesca Chair hasVariant Cesca Chair self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cesca Chair with armrests
Cesca Chair hasVariant Cesca Chair self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: armless Cesca Chair