Blue Art Deco Tubular Steel Cantilever Armchair Fn 24 by Mücke & Melder, 1930s
View Similar Items
Blue Art Deco Tubular Steel Cantilever Armchair Fn 24 by Mücke & Melder, 1930s
About the Item
- Creator:Thonet (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 31.5 in (80 cm)Width: 22.84 in (58 cm)Depth: 30.71 in (78 cm)Seat Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)
- Style:Bauhaus (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1930s
- Condition:Refinished. Reupholstered. New leather upholstery.
- Seller Location:Lucenec, SK
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3759115707811
Thonet
For more than 180 years, Thonet — or Gebrüder Thonet — has produced elegant and durable tables and cabinets as well as chairs, stools and other seating that wholly blur the lines between art and design. Widely known as a trailblazer in the use of bentwood in furniture, the European manufacturer has reimagined the places in which we gather.
Noted for his skill in parquetry, German-Austrian company founder Michael Thonet received an invitation from Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich to contribute Neo-Rococo interiors to the Liechtenstein City Palace in Vienna. The Boppard-born Thonet had honed his carpentry skills in his father’s workshop, where he carried out experiments with plywood and modified the Biedermeier chairs that populated the studio.
Thonet’s work for the chancellor raised his profile, and the cabinetmaker gained international recognition, including at London’s Great Exhibition of 1851, which featured works created by members of the Arts and Crafts movement as well as industrial products of the day. Thonet showed a range of furniture at the fair and won the bronze medal for his bentwood chairs. He incorporated his family’s company, the Thonet Brothers, with his sons in 1853.
Bentwood furniture dates as far back as the Middle Ages, but it is the 19th-century cabinetmaker Thonet who is most often associated with this now-classic technique. Thonet in 1856 patented a method for bending solid wood through the use of steam, and from there, the bentwood look skyrocketed to furniture fame. The works of renowned mid-century modern designers such as Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen, and Charles and Ray Eames that put this technological advancement to use would not be as extensive or celebrated were it not for the efforts of the pioneering Thonet.
Considered the world’s oldest mass-produced chair, Michael Thonet’s ubiquitous Chair No. 14 demonstrated that his patented bentwood technology made it possible to efficiently produce furniture on an industrial scale. Now known as the 214, it won the German Sustainability Award Design for 2021, a recognition of the company’s commitment to environmentally responsible production.
Often called the Coffee House chair — the company’s first substantial order was for a Viennese coffeehouse — the No. 14 remains an icon. Thonet originally designed the chair in 1859, and it is considered the starting point for modern furniture.
The bentwood process opened doors — there were investments in machinery and new industrial processes, and the business began mass-producing furniture. By the end of the 1850s, there were additional Thonet workshops in Eastern Europe and hundreds of employees. Michael Thonet’s reputation attracted the attention of notable architects including Otto Wagner, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
The No. 14 was followed by the No. 18, or the Bistro chair, in 1867, and the 209, or the Architect’s chair, of which Le Corbusier was a fan. (The influential Swiss-French architect and designer used Thonet furniture in his Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau at the 1925 International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris.)
Thonet’s chair designs also appeared in artwork by Toulouse-Lautrec, John Sloan and Henri Matisse in his Interior with a Violin Case. The noteworthy Thonet rocking chair remains a marvel of construction — in the middle of the 19th century, Michael produced a series of rockers in which the different curved parts were integrated into fluid, sinuous wholes. Thanks to Thonet, the humble rocker acquired something unexpected: style. It was captured in the paintings of Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and James Tissot.
Thonet is currently split into global divisions. Thonet Industries U.S.A. was acquired in 1987 by Shelby Williams and joined the CF Group in 1999, while the Thonet brand in Germany is owned by Thonet GmbH.
Find a collection of antique Thonet furniture on 1stDibs.
- Tubular Steel Cantilever Armchair Fn 21 by Mücke & Melder, circa 1930By Mücke & MelderLocated in Lucenec, SKThis Bauhaus armchair was produced in the 1930s by Mücke & Melder Czechoslovakia. New upholstery and new chrome.Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Lounge Chairs
MaterialsSteel, Chrome
$1,374 Sale Price26% Off - Art Deco Recliner Lounge Chair Czechoslovakia, 1930’sLocated in Lucenec, SKLarge Art Deco reclining lounge chair, Czechoslovakia, 1930’s. The backrest and seat can be put in three different positions.The upholstery is not or...Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Lounge Chairs
MaterialsFaux Leather, Walnut
$1,539 Sale Price20% Off - Fully Restored Pair of Art Deco Lounge Chairs, circa 1930Located in Lucenec, SKPair of Austrian Art Deco walnut lounge chairs. Professionally restored and reupholstered. Wood surface in black French polish.Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Armchairs
MaterialsWalnut
$5,629 Sale Price / set20% Off - Art Deco Club Chair / Armchair H-282 by Jindrich Halabala for UP Závody 1930sBy Up Závody, Jindrich HalabalaLocated in Lucenec, SKRare Art Deco Club chair H-282 designed by Jindrich Halabala '30s and manufactured in UP Závody Brno ( the same as the famous H-269 armchair ). Chair has been completely restored and...Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Club Chairs
MaterialsFabric, Beech
$3,166 Sale Price20% Off - Hand Carved Walnut Art Nouveau Armchairs, circa 1920By Otto PrutscherLocated in Lucenec, SKFully restored large Art Nouveau armchairs in Otto Prutscher style. Hand carved walnut and new upholstery.Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Armchairs
MaterialsWalnut, Upholstery
$4,947 Sale Price / set29% Off - Mid Century Armchairs by TON Czechoslovakia, 1960sBy TON a.s.Located in Lucenec, SKThese chairs were produced by the renowned Czechoslovakian manufacturer TON in the 1960s. Chairs were clearly inspired by Scandinavian aesthetics. The slick, organic shaped armrest ...Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
MaterialsWood, Beech, Upholstery
- Cantilever Armchair from Mücke & Melder, 1930sBy Mücke & MelderLocated in Poznań, PLA striking bauhaus armchair produced by Mücke & Melder, who have set their production processes on the terrain of former Czechoslovakia during the 1930’s. The chairs have been prof...Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
MaterialsStainless Steel, Chrome
- Tubular Steel Armchairs from Mücke-Melder, 1930sBy Mücke & MelderLocated in Wien, ATThe armchair with tubular steel frames from the 1930s. Manufactured by Mücke-Melder Frystat in former Czechoslovakia. Completely restored with new springs. Armrests have a lacquered ...Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Armchairs
MaterialsNickel
$5,400 / set - Restored Bauhaus Chromed Tubular Steel Armchair by Mücke Melder, 1930sBy Mücke & MelderLocated in Żory, PLBauhaus style cantilever armchair with a lacquered wood and chrome tubular steel frame. Manufactured by Mücke Melder in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s/1940s. The armchair is newly uph...Category
Vintage 1930s Bauhaus Armchairs
MaterialsSteel, Chrome
- Bauhaus Tubular Chrome Armchairs by Mücke Melder, Original Condition, 1930sBy Marcel Breuer, Mücke & MelderLocated in Horomerice, CZ"Made by Mücke Melder, an influential modernist furniture manufacturer that specialised in tubular steel designs. It has been restored and reupholstered by our professional refurbi...Category
20th Century Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
MaterialsChrome
$2,638 Sale Price / set20% Off - Bauhaus Tubular Chrome Armchairs by Mücke Melder, Restored Leather, 1930sBy Marcel Breuer, Mücke & MelderLocated in Horomerice, CZ"Made by Mücke Melder, an influential modernist furniture manufacturer that specialised in tubular steel designs. It has been restored and reupholstered by our professional refurbi...Category
20th Century Czech Bauhaus Armchairs
MaterialsChrome
- Fn 6 Cantilever Chair by Mart Stam for Mücke-Melder, 1930sBy Mart Stam, Mücke & MelderLocated in Żory, PLTubular steel chair designed by Mart Stam and manufactured by Mücke-Melder in the 1930s.Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Chairs
MaterialsSteel