Vintage Cesca Style Cane Cantilever Chairs sold in Habitat in the 1970s

Marcel Breuer, designer of the Cesca cane chair, is considered one of the fathers of modernism. During his career he was an architect, teacher and furniture designer. With comfort in mind, he chose to use one continuous steel tube in a cantilever style. The chair was named “Cesca “ as a tribute to Breuer’s daughter Francesca.

Marcel Breuer married traditional craftsmanship with industrial methods and materials to help make tubular steel furniture an international sensation and become a modern institution. The cantilever form exploits the possibilities unique to the material and gives the chair added flexibility and comfort. This iconic seat features woven cane inserts and a beech frame.

Straight lines, curves and high quality materials are the features of the cesca chair; a timeless piece of 20th Century furniture intergrating perfectly with today’s retro mix and attracting collectors of mid century furniture.
Very comfortable thanks to the lightweight metal structure that make it flexible; a perfect desk or dining chair!

This style was sold in Habitat in the 1970s, although no markings they are recognisable and are shown in some of the brochures from that period.

Both are stamped ‘Made in Italy’ beneath the seat.

The chairs have been tagged with a black and red label; the black label chair has the damage to the cane seat as shown in the photos and if you look closely whilst they are a pair, the back rest is slightly deeper on this one.

The wooden frames on both show signs of wear - scuffing and scratching and some tension loss to the cane but still in usable condition; the back rests are also in good vintage order, some dints and fading to the wooden frames but the cane is intact. The metal frames show scratching and some rust marks.

These two chairs have clearly seen a lot of loving and have been well used - there is evidence of some repairs in some places but all this has been checked and we are happy to sell them as fit for purpose. Because they are vintage, please look closely at the photos - we have tried to highlight the defects. Happy to provide more photos if requested.

Don’t miss the opportunity to acquire these iconic chairs!

These chairs are priced per chair and are priced competitively because of the imperfections.


Dimensions

87 cm High
47 cm Wide
49 cm Deep
Seat Height 47cm


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