Scavenger: Pair of Vintage Cesca-Style Chairs for $150 San Francisco

Scavenger: Pair of Vintage Cesca-Style Chairs for $150
San Francisco

A pair of vintage steel, wood and caning Cesca-style chairs in good condition are available for $150. Jump below for links to this and more good finds:

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Comments (9)

it's hard for me to believe that those ugly & ubiquitous 80s chairs are popular vintage finds!

posted by SydneyBristow on February 5th 2009 at 12:59pm
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I had the same (gag) reaction, Sydney.

posted by Forestdweller on February 5th 2009 at 2:50pm
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I agree! My mom had those same ugly chairs in her kitchen...and I thought they were hideous back then!

posted by suzy8track on February 5th 2009 at 2:52pm
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geez - i have six of those with orange upholstery that I don't use. I wonder if anyone will buy them, I didn't know people thought they were that ugly..:(

posted by uppergeorgetowner on February 5th 2009 at 3:29pm
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I echo your sentiments. My mom had those ugly chairs too. They were ugly then and are still ugly now. "Vintage" or not.

posted by bemyescape on February 5th 2009 at 6:49pm
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Oh, good grief. I have those chairs at my dining room table right now. I have them recaned and will continue doing so. They are great chairs and the caner said he would gladly pay me $100 for each chair if I ever wanted to sell them. He said they are very popular. So, maybe it all depends on who you are.

posted by dkzody on February 5th 2009 at 9:41pm
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I love the way Apartment Therapy looks at ugly things in a way than makes them seem beautiful but those cane chairs... no!! My neighbours STILL have them in their house (with the matching round glass-top table) and they bought them in the 80s! No no no... And $150!!! Are you serious?

posted by Julz on February 6th 2009 at 4:49am
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These chairs are copies of a 1928 Marcel Breuer chair, see here: http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1331_modernism/artist_93_321.html

posted by Hinke on February 6th 2009 at 5:39am
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I think it is actually all about what you do with an object that defines it's visual value. And afterall, we each do have our own artistic visions, the way one person approaches an object may be entirely different from how the next approaches it. Isn't this what makes design fun? I can imagine many places those chairs would look absolutely hideous. But they actually fit my personal design vision at the moment and I could see them looking absolutely sharp in a Swedish inspired eclectic, modern home. Perhaps snuggled up to a white drop leaf table or tulip table with bright white sheepskins draped over them? You've got to mentally take the object out of Grandma Viv's terrible 'resort' inspired Floridian, retirement condo before you can realistically judge it.

posted by Jesse Lu on February 7th 2009 at 10:59pm
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