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Marcel Breuer - Gavina - Dinner chair - Cesca

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Cesca chair, produced by the prestigious Gavina company of San Lazzaro di Savena (Italy) during the late 60s. Dino Gavina in 1968 in New York convinced Marcel Breuer to put his projects into production, including the Cesca chair, designed by Breuer in 1928. The commercial success of this chair was so important that the market was flooded with many more or less reproductions less questionable. The Gavina company, which had as president one of the most famous designers in Italy, such as Carlo Scarpa, was subsequently bought by Knoll who continues to produce many of Breuer's projects to this day. The chair up for auction has been restored and is now in very good condition. The Vienna straw has been replaced and is now perfectly solid and robust. The wooden frames have been touched up at wear points. The chromed tubular structure has been polished. . The model has the ends of the chromed tubulars, at the ends behind the backrest, closed, as was done in the Gavina models and not capped with steel caps as was done for low quality copies. "Design Radicale" includes transport insurance for Italy / Europe in the indicated shipping costs. (48) Gavina Spa was founded by Dino Gavina in 1960, who assumed the role of managing director and called the architect Carlo Scarpa to the presidency. The historic headquarters of the company are located in San Lazzaro di Savena, in a building designed by Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1959. In 1963, thanks to state incentives for the development of southern Italy, Dino Gavina opened an office in Foligno. In 1962 Dino Gavina met Marcel Breuer in New York and convinced him to re-edit and realize his projects from the 1920s. Among the designers who worked for the company: Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Achille Castiglioni, Carlo Scarpa, Ignazio Gardella, Tobia Shoe. After the sale of the American company Knoll in 1968 and the closure of the Bolognese brand, several products of the Gavina collection were sold under the Knoll brand; some of them were later sold to other manufacturers (such as the Sanluca armchair) . Knoll still uses the Foligno site to produce its collection for European customers. Marcel Breuer In the early 1920s he studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien in Vienna and at the Bauhaus school in Weimar (carpentry course) . At the age of 19, in 1921 he designed and created the African chair or romantic chair in hand-carved wood and designed fabrics. This chair, like most of the known Bauhaus prototypes, is handcrafted in the workshops. After a period of professional training in an architectural studio in Paris, he returned to the Bauhaus school in 1925 as a teacher and until 1928 he directed the furniture workshop. And under his direction, from 1926 the workshops began to produce chairs and tables in tubular steel, including his famous chairs both in wood with a fabric backrest and in tubular iron with a caned back through which he researched new expressive solutions. New materials are also created such as eisengarn which will be used for the first time by Breuer in the Wassily Chair. In 1927 the patented industrial production of this furniture (including many designed by him) was in full swing. He designed the interiors of the Bauhaus in Dessau (1925/26) and for the home of theater director Erwin Piscator in Berlin in 1927. In 1928, after the resignation of Walter Gropius, Breuer too, together with László Moholy-Nagy and Herbert Bayer, left the Bauhaus and together with Gropius opened an architecture studio in Berlin At the end of September 1932 the Bauhaus ceased its activities and after the advent of Nazism in 1933, many architects were forced to retire from the profession, in 1934 Breuer together with Gropius emigrated hastily to England. From 1935 to 1937 he worked in London, at the F. R. S. Yorke, for whom he designs aluminum furniture. In 1937 he moved to Harvard University, where he taught architecture. From 1938 to 1941 he was in the studio with Walter Gropius. From now on, he will pursue solutions that are not always rigorous, such as the bell tower of Saint John's Abbey in Minnesota. In 1952 he collaborated with Pier Luigi Nervi and Bernhard Zerfhuss on the design of the UNESCO building in Paris, standing out for the structure of the building. In 1956 he opened the office of Marcel Breuer and Associates.

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Cesca chair, produced by the prestigious Gavina company of San Lazzaro di Savena (Italy) during the late 60s. Dino Gavina in 1968 in New York convinced Marcel Breuer to put his projects into production, including the Cesca chair, designed by Breuer in 1928. The commercial success of this chair was so important that the market was flooded with many more or less reproductions less questionable. The Gavina company, which had as president one of the most famous designers in Italy, such as Carlo Scarpa, was subsequently bought by Knoll who continues to produce many of Breuer's projects to this day. The chair up for auction has been restored and is now in very good condition. The Vienna straw has been replaced and is now perfectly solid and robust. The wooden frames have been touched up at wear points. The chromed tubular structure has been polished. . The model has the ends of the chromed tubulars, at the ends behind the backrest, closed, as was done in the Gavina models and not capped with steel caps as was done for low quality copies. "Design Radicale" includes transport insurance for Italy / Europe in the indicated shipping costs. (48) Gavina Spa was founded by Dino Gavina in 1960, who assumed the role of managing director and called the architect Carlo Scarpa to the presidency. The historic headquarters of the company are located in San Lazzaro di Savena, in a building designed by Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1959. In 1963, thanks to state incentives for the development of southern Italy, Dino Gavina opened an office in Foligno. In 1962 Dino Gavina met Marcel Breuer in New York and convinced him to re-edit and realize his projects from the 1920s. Among the designers who worked for the company: Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Achille Castiglioni, Carlo Scarpa, Ignazio Gardella, Tobia Shoe. After the sale of the American company Knoll in 1968 and the closure of the Bolognese brand, several products of the Gavina collection were sold under the Knoll brand; some of them were later sold to other manufacturers (such as the Sanluca armchair) . Knoll still uses the Foligno site to produce its collection for European customers. Marcel Breuer In the early 1920s he studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien in Vienna and at the Bauhaus school in Weimar (carpentry course) . At the age of 19, in 1921 he designed and created the African chair or romantic chair in hand-carved wood and designed fabrics. This chair, like most of the known Bauhaus prototypes, is handcrafted in the workshops. After a period of professional training in an architectural studio in Paris, he returned to the Bauhaus school in 1925 as a teacher and until 1928 he directed the furniture workshop. And under his direction, from 1926 the workshops began to produce chairs and tables in tubular steel, including his famous chairs both in wood with a fabric backrest and in tubular iron with a caned back through which he researched new expressive solutions. New materials are also created such as eisengarn which will be used for the first time by Breuer in the Wassily Chair. In 1927 the patented industrial production of this furniture (including many designed by him) was in full swing. He designed the interiors of the Bauhaus in Dessau (1925/26) and for the home of theater director Erwin Piscator in Berlin in 1927. In 1928, after the resignation of Walter Gropius, Breuer too, together with László Moholy-Nagy and Herbert Bayer, left the Bauhaus and together with Gropius opened an architecture studio in Berlin At the end of September 1932 the Bauhaus ceased its activities and after the advent of Nazism in 1933, many architects were forced to retire from the profession, in 1934 Breuer together with Gropius emigrated hastily to England. From 1935 to 1937 he worked in London, at the F. R. S. Yorke, for whom he designs aluminum furniture. In 1937 he moved to Harvard University, where he taught architecture. From 1938 to 1941 he was in the studio with Walter Gropius. From now on, he will pursue solutions that are not always rigorous, such as the bell tower of Saint John's Abbey in Minnesota. In 1952 he collaborated with Pier Luigi Nervi and Bernhard Zerfhuss on the design of the UNESCO building in Paris, standing out for the structure of the building. In 1956 he opened the office of Marcel Breuer and Associates.

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