X
c
Open Mondays 11am–6pm | Reserve tickets now
Contact Calendar Museum Store S
Asheville Art Museum

Asheville Art Museum

North Carolina museum exhibiting 20th century American art

Explore
D

Exhibitions

Collection

Learn

Calendar

Perspective Café

Museum From Home

Museum Store

Blog

About Us

Learn more about current and upcoming exhibitions.

EXPLORE EXHIBITIONS
>
Visit
D

Plan Your Visit

Tours

Perspective Café

Facility Rental

smARTguide

About Asheville

c

Museum Hours:

Open daily 11am–6pm. Late-night Thursdays until 9pm; closed Tuesdays. Pre-purchased online tickets are encouraged; walk-in tickets are also available.
m

Museum Location:

2 South Pack Square
Asheville, NC 28801
P

Museum Contact:

828.253.3227
mailbox@ashevilleart.org
Support
D

Membership

Give

Collectors’ Circle

Volunteer

Careers + Internships

Museum Members receive 12 months of free general admission.
BECOME A MEMBER
>
Become A Member!
Home > Blog > Cesca Armless Chair by Marcel Breuer
Marcel Breuer, Cesca armless chair, 1928 (produced 2021), chrome and leather, manufacturer: Knoll, East Greenville, PA, 31 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 23 1/2 inches. Museum purchase, SC2021.02.02. Courtesy Knoll.

Work of the Week

Cesca Armless Chair by Marcel Breuer

January 12, 2022

The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in Weimar, Germany as a state-funded art school that embraced the Industrial Revolution and taught craftspeople how to design goods for the home that could be industrially produced and commercially successful.

Marcel Breuer (Pécs, Hungary 1902–1981 New York, NY) first designed the Cesca chair at the Bauhaus in 1927 and soon marketed it through the company Thonet as the Thonet side chair (model B32). When Knoll began to manufacture the chair in 1960, they named it after Breuer’s daughter, Francesca. This chair has been in production for almost 100 years, thereby proving the enduring nature of the modern designs that came out of the Bauhaus.

The Cesca chair can be seen in the photographic reproduction above in use as seating by a student at her desk in the Studies Building at Black Mountain College (BMC). Influence from the Bauhaus that made its way to BMC in the 1930s continues to be felt in design today.

Discover this chair and other furniture in Modernist Design at Black Mountain College through January 24, 2022.

—Whitney Richardson, associate curator

^
Back
to top
Asheville Art Museum

Sign up for e-News!

f
t
i

Explore

  • Exhibitions
  • Collection
  • Learn
  • Calendar
  • Store
  • Blog
  • About Us

Visit

  • Plan Your Visit
  • Perspective Café
  • Virtual Visits
  • Facility Rental
  • Accessibility
  • Program & Event Tickets
  • About Asheville
  • Contact

Support

The Asheville Art Museum's vision is to transform lives through art.
  • Membership
  • Give
  • Benefit Events
  • Collectors’ Circle
  • Volunteer
  • Careers
  • Internships

Location & Hours

c

Museum Hours:

Open daily 11am–6pm. Late-night Thursdays until 9pm; closed Tuesdays. Pre-purchased online tickets are encouraged; walk-in tickets are also available.
m

Museum Location:

2 South Pack Square
Asheville, NC 28801
P

Museum Contact

828.253.3227
mailbox@ashevilleart.org
© 2023 Asheville Art Museum
For Press
>
Copyright Information
>
Contact
>