Marcel Breuer, a Hungarian furniture maker and architect who studied at the Bauhaus and became one of its most important faculty members, was among the first to use tubular steel in chairs.

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Designed by Marcel Breuer in 1928, the Cesca was the first chair to combine tubular steel with natural fibers—and according to Otero, this marked a revolutionary shift in materials and design ...