Rare set of 4 Marcel Breuer Rattan Back Chrome "Cesca" Chairs By Virco. This rare variant of the Cesca chair features the rare rattan back with chrome legs. There is no makers mark Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) vintage re-edition "Cesca" armchair by Virco. Cantilevered tubular chrome frame with maple and cane seats, backs, and arms, circa 1970, made in Italy. Cesca chair, named after his daughter Francesca, marries caning and hardwood Beech with the Industrial-age aesthetic of cantilevered tubular steel. Functional, simple, and distinctly modern. Cesca chair has no legs and it relies on support from the tensile properties of steel tubing. It uses non-reinforced steel tubing, thereby creating a free-swinging chair that approached his ideal of "sitting on columns of air."
