Cesca chair: 6 alternatives from $105 to $518
As of October 11, 2026, 6 chairs echo the Cesca's chrome cantilever or its caning, from $105 to $518. The closest to the style is also the cheapest: ÄLVSTA chair, handmade rattan, chrome-plated (IKEA, $105). The original sells for $1,385 at Hive.
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Alternatives
6
at 4 retailers
From
$105
ÄLVSTA chair, handmade rattan, chrome-plated, IKEA
Median price
$180
of the 6 alternatives
The original
$1,385
Cesca side chair, armless, Knoll
6 alternatives to the Cesca chair
These are chairs that retailers sell under their own names and that pick up part of the style. First come the alternatives that pick up the most traits; on a tie, the cheapest goes first.
−92%2 of 4IKEA
ÄLVSTA chair, handmade rattan, chrome-platedsingle chair · handwoven rattan seat shell, chrome-plated steel legs
$105
$1,280 less
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−92%2 of 4IKEA
TOBIAS chair, clear, chrome-platedsingle chair · clear plastic seat, chrome-plated steel cantilever frame
$115
$1,270 less
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−88%2 of 4World Market
Lannion Rattan Cane Arch Back Dining Chairset of 2 · hardwood, rattan cane back
$159.99
$1,225 less
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−86%2 of 4World Market
Abigail Wood and Rattan Cane Back Dining Chairset of 2 · hardwood, rattan cane back
$199.99
$1,185 less
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−71%2 of 4Staples
Boss Vinyl Side Chair, Chrome Framepack of 2 · vinyl upholstery, chrome tubular cantilever frame, with arms
$399.99
$985 less
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−63%2 of 4Castlery
Edith Cane Chairset of 2 (the listed price covers 2 chairs) · wood frame, cane back, boucle seat
$518
$867 less
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BuyTry it in your roomThe original
Marcel Breuer designed this chair in 1928: a chrome-plated steel tube bent into a cantilever, with no back legs, carrying a cane seat and back stretched in beech frames. Knoll still makes it, with or without arms.
- Design
- Marcel Breuer, 1928
- Maker
- Knoll
- Price new
- $1,385 for Cesca side chair, armless (cane seat and back, beech frames, chrome tube), price read on October 11, 2026 at Hive.
- Where to buy it new
- Hive, Design Within Reach
What makes the style of the Cesca chair
- Cantilever base
- A single bent tube forms the runners on the floor, rises at the front and carries the seat: there are no back legs.
- Chrome-plated steel tube
- The frame is a round, shiny tube, left exposed from the floor to the back.
- Caning
- An open weave of rattan, on the seat or the back, that lets light through.
- Wood frames
- The caning is stretched in a wood frame with rounded corners, fixed to the tube.
- What takes a piece away from it
- Four straight legs, a tube painted black or a fully upholstered chair: what's left is a cane-back chair, without the continuous line of the tube. On almost all the alternatives, the seat is upholstered and only the back is caned.
Where these prices stand
The Cesca costs 7.7 times the median price of its alternatives. 3 of the 6 alternatives come in under the category's median price.
Median price in the United States, dining chair See the record
$199
Median price of the 6 alternatives
$180
Cesca side chair, armless, Knoll
$1,385
Median price recorded on October 8, 2026 across 80 listings. This median price is for a single dining chair. Several alternatives are sold in sets of two: the format is in the table.
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See it in your roomFrequently asked questions
- Is there a dupe of the Cesca chair?
- Knoll alone makes the Cesca. Retailers sell, under their own names, chairs in the same style: this page lists 6, from $105 to $518, prices read on October 11, 2026.
- What's the difference between the Cesca and these alternatives?
- The original has a cane seat and back, set in beech frames. The alternatives keep the chrome cantilever tube and the cane back, with a seat upholstered in fabric or velvet. Check whether the caning is natural or synthetic rattan: it's stated on the retailer's listing.
- Why does the Cesca cost $1,385?
- That's the price listed by Hive on October 11, 2026 for Cesca side chair, armless. The chair is made by Knoll, with caning and beech frames. The price changes with the finish and the arms.
- Are these alternatives counterfeits?
- Retailers sell the products on this page under their own names, with their own designs. We list no seller offering a piece under the model's name or as a reproduction of the original. The official addresses of the original are at the top of the page.
More pages
Furniture prices: dining chairThe median price, the quartiles and the same piece in twelve countries.