Der Werterhalter Benches

Maison Jansen style Small bench in lacquered metal, brass and velvet circa 1950

Pair of benches in the manner of Maison Jansen. Has a removable cushioned seat. The benches are black with brass accents.

This is a fantastic pair of Maison Jansen style X form benches. We have two pairs of these. They are listed separately. The X form is a classic Jansen style and while we can not say ...

This Hollywood Regency Pair of Aged Brass and Iron Upholstered Benches Attributed to Maison Jansen have a luxurious and minimalistic look and are perfect if you are looking to bring ...

This is a Maison Jansen inspired neoclassical style steel bench newly upholstered in a silver / bronze faux marbleized fabric. It is purported to be Italian. There is some age approp...

Gorgeous Italian window bench crafted in the neoclassical taste featuring carved plume feathers and swag. The trompe l'oeil bench is hand-carved from beech with an intentionally dist...

Beautiful 1960’s Curule Savonarola bench made of heavy stainless steel metal with brass accents. This timeless bench was created by French interior design firm Maison Jansen in the e...

A pair of elegant Mid-Century Louis XVI style foot stools / ottomans / poofs in the modern neoclassical tradition with tapered legs ending in solid bronze sabots and brass decoration...

French Modern Maison Jansen, Attributed Iron Brass Long Bench France, circa 1950s A striking French Modern long bench attributed to Maison Jansen, made in France circa 1950s. Mea...

Quite elegant pair of polished steel and brass X-from stools with taupe leather seats. A very successful interpretation of the neoclassical style with clean and modern lines. Quintes...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Interesting and graceful oak bench; the legs, conical and elegantly fluted, are joined at the base by a well-designed and harmonious X-shaped element; the well-solid frame is carved with simple, linear, and refined motifs; the upper oval part serves as the seat is enriched with fine "Vienna straw" work. The bench was made between 1880 and 1885 in an artisan workshop near Paris certainly by a very skilled master cabinetmaker because this kind of workmanship requires a lot of experience and skill. The process of seat construction using equidistant holes and a woven plant material (drawn guinea cane) was known since Egyptian times (a stool was found in the tomb of the architect Kha dating from 1600° B.C.), but it was from the mid-19th century that it became popular worldwide. It was the Austro-Hungarian cabinetmaker Michael Thonet (father of bentwood) who in 1842 created chair No. 4 with this technique for the Daum café on Vienna's Kohlmarkt, but success came in 1859 when the Gebruder Thonet company of Michael's sons presented chair No. 14 made of curved solid wood with a straw seat...

Maison Jansen Hollywood Regency Swan Bench / Daybed, Hand Carved, Distressed Very unique French bench or daybed attributed to Maison Jansen ha...