Bentwood, partly with canework
Austria, circa 1890
Manufacturer: Gebr. Thonet (est. 1819) – Viennese furniture manufacturer
2 chairs with stamp ‘Thonet’
Model numbers 14, 15 and 19
Dimensions child’s chair: height 64 cm; diameter: 36.5 cm
Dimensions caned armchair: 99.5 x 49 x 47.5 cm

These four bentwood chairs were manufactured by the famous Viennese furniture manufacturer Thonet. The two chairs with a seat made of cane have the model number 19 and show the Thonet stamp on the underside. The children's chair features a wooden seat with embossed decoration and the model number 14. A larger chair, featuring a caned seat and backrest, has the model number 15.



The chairs are in need of restoration. Two caned seats are damaged, there are cracks, the seat of the small chair is glued and armrests of the armchair are loose. The child’s chair measures 64 cm in height, has a diameter of 36.5 cm and a seat height of 34 cm. The dimensions of the large armchair are 99.5 x 49 x 47.5 cm.



Gebrüder Thonet

Thonet was established by Michael Thonet (1796-1871) and is family-owned to this day. Michael Thonet began to develop the production of furniture from mechanic to industrial manufacture. For this purpose, he experimented with bentwood. He achieved his breakthrough with the Viennese bistro chair, also known as Chair No. 14, from 1859; employing division of labor, working steps were standardized. In addition, the chair could be disassembled and thus became a relatively cheap mass product. The chair turned Thonet into an internationally successful business, the company produced and sold two million different objects in 1912. In the 1930’s, tabular steel was added as a new material and Thonet produced designs by Mart Stam, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Even today, the classics as well as new designs are produced in the companies headquarter in Hessian Frankenberg. (tfa)

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