Thonet Bentwood Chair History

1 produced in 1890 in koritschan moravia would have shorter armrests and less.

Thonet bentwood chair history.

18 one of the first models which was produced here and is still a part of our portfolio today. During the 1860s the thonet bentwood chairs were popular among many fashionable cafes in vienna and these days similar bentwood products can be found in homes workspaces cafes hotels and restaurants. American craft december 1990. Whether a historically significant cantilever chair a bentwood classic or a contemporary design there s a favourite chair for everyone in our comprehensive collection.

Which states that your chair is probably a reproduction. Bentwood chairs are certainly the most recognizable and one of the most established chairs that have ever been produced. 11 9 99 alexander von vegesack. Michael thonet an austrian cabinetmaker working in vienna experimented with designs based on birch rods bent into curvilinear shapes his bentwood chairs are among the most successful examples of early mass produced furniture.

1 or rocking chair no. Among thonet s most popular designs were those of café chairs rocking chairs and hat stands. In 1830 michael thonet began experimenting with what was soon to be known as bentwood furniture and it was not long before thonet and his sons were producing this furniture on an industrial scale. The origin of the bentwood or thonet chair from the 19th to the 20th century.

The name thonet quickly became synonymous with a high standard of exquisite craftsmanship and thonet s bentwood products soon joined the ranks of the most famous and most imitated furniture. His solid bentwood furniture never out of production was again made fashionable in the 1920s by the renowned modern architect and designer le corbusier the utilitarian chairs mass produced at low prices were seen all over the western world and shown in the paintings of such artists as toulouse. An original older model the schaukel fauteuil no. An authentic original thonet tone ette bentwood rocker would not have a made in poland on it anywhere.

They were exhibited at the great exhibition of 1851 in london and were sold in vast quantities throughout europe and the united states for the rest of the century. How to include the bentwood chair into your home. The no 18 chair was launched in 1876 one of a group of chairs with back inserts consisting of curves and loops of bentwood. Michael thonet s death on march 3 1871 may have marked the end of an era but it did not stop the thonet family from continuing research and experimentation.

A brief history of thonet bentwood chairs. As to whether or not you can tell the age of your chair. It all began with the bentwood chair. Classic furniture in bent wood and tubular steel.

Today however a variety of chairs and stools are part of our product range.