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"Cesca" Armchair by Marcel Breuer — VisualArtsDB

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"Cesca" Armchair

"Cesca" Armchair

"Cesca" Armchair

1928

Medium: Steel, wood, and cane
Dimensions: 78.1 × 45.7 × 41.3 cm (30 3/4 × 18 × 16 1/4 in.)
Genre: Seating
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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seatingamerican artsFurnitureamerican decorative artswood (plant material)

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