Designed in 1928, combining longstanding traditional craftsmanship with modern industrial design and contemporary materials, The Knoll Cesca Chair made tubular steel furniture an international sensation. One of the key creations of the Bauhaus school, the cantilevered form opens up the possibilities unique to the material, allowing for the chair to have added flexibility and more plentiful comfort.
Perfect for dining or lounging, the Knoll Cesca Chair makes for an impactful piece in any setting, adding a touch of iconic style and practicality to your home. Also available with arms.
A protege of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, Hungarian-born modernist architect and furniture designer Marcel Breuer embodied many of the School's distinctive concepts and was one of the School's most famous students. Breuer returned to the Bauhaus to teach carpentry from 1925 to 1928 and during this time designed his functional, simple and distinctly modern tubular-steel furniture collection. His attention drifted towards architecture, and after practising privately, he worked as a professor at Harvard's School of Design under Gropius. Breuer was also honoured as the first architect to be the sole artist of an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Marcel Breuer's most famous designs include the Wassily lounge chair, named after his Bauhaus room mate Wassily Kandinsky, and the Cesca after his daughter Francesca.
