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White Vinyl & Chrome Model SS33 Cantilever Barstools Anton Lorenz for Thonet

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Fabulous vintage white vinyl & chrome tube pair of barstools by Thonet in the style of the Model SS33 Bauhaus cantilever chair by Anton Lorenz. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. There are a few tiny nicks in the chrome & vinyl that have been touched up and one front stabilizer foot was missing and has been replaced. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, 1980’s. OH. MY. GOODNESS!!!!! These barstools are AMAZING!!! It’s a classic, sleek style that has stood the test of time!! This is a fabulous pair of labeled Thonet cantilever barstools circa 1980’s. They are in the style of the model SS33 Bauhaus cantilever chair designed in the 1930’s for Thonet by famed designer Anton Lorenz. The chair design was later adapted to create this wonderful barstool! They are comprised of chrome tube cantilever frames, white block stabilizers on the base, and white vinyl seats and back rests. A simple, stunning, and oh-so-comfortable design! They are the perfect stool for your kitchen, bar, or rec room whether you live in a Bauhaus or mid-century modern home, an industrial loft, or Art Deco style home. If you’ve been searching for barstools or just the right extra seating, these stools are exactly what you’ve been looking for! Thonet was founded by Michael Thonet. Michael was born in 1796 and was apprenticed by his father to a cabinetmaker. Shortly after he married, Michael opened his one-man cabinetmaking shop creating furniture and cabinetry in the traditional manner by carving the needed parts and then joining them together. In 1830 he began experimenting with bending wood into curved shapes and thus began a successful furniture company that has remained continually in operation for nearly 200 years. Thonet’s early work was very Biedermeier in style and not made for the common man. Gradually his designs became more Art Nouveau. In 1951 his chairs for the Crystal Palace at the London World’s Fair won a prize medal and by the late 1950s he began to make his first “consumer” chair. In 1875, a year before Michael’s death, Thonet’s five factories made 620,000 chairs. Then in 1876 after his death the company became Gebruder Thonet. But all was not roses. In 1869 the Thonet patents lapsed and by 1893 there were 52 bentwood companies in Europe. However, Thonet persevered. They branched out. They merged. They added designs by Le Corbusier and Breuer and alternative materials such as tubular chrome in place of bentwood to their offerings. Business boomed and waned through the years and there was even a Thonet revival, so to speak, beginning in the 1940s on into the mid-20th century. Till today, in the 21st century, Thonet is still a furniture company to be reckoned with almost 200 years later. Anton Lorenz was known as the man behind the Bauhaus’ “machined aesthetic.” He was born in Budapest in 1891, became a teacher, and later married an opera singer, and entered a lock manufacturing business. They relocated to Berlin in the early 1920’s. in Berlin he met architects Marcel Breuer and Kalman Lengyel who were both associated with Bauhaus in Dessau. Breuer became the first designer to construct furniture out of tubular steel, joined forces with Lengyel and found a manufacturing company and Anton Lorenz became manager. He was business savvy and obtained patents to establish a network of rights for new tubular steel furniture and would go on to do the same for Desta and Thonet who dominated the industry. In 1939 Lorenz emigrated to the United States where he established the design technology for the well-known recliner. He developed his own design in 1940 called the BarcaLounger and later partnered with Morris Futorian and created the Stratalounger. The Vitra Design Museum holds some of his patented designs and inventions on display. Superior quality, versatility, and a reputation with an elite designer and manufacturer… These cantilever barstools by iconic designer Anton Lorenz for Thonet have it all! Don’t wait, make them yours!! Barstools: • Height – 39 Inches • Width – 21.25 Inches • Depth – 23.5 Inches • Arm Height – 34 Inches • Seat Height – 27.5 Inches • Seat Inside Width – 17 Inches • Seat Inside Depth – 17 Inches • Inside Back Height – 12 Inches • Foot Bar Height – 11.25 Inches • Weight – 24.2 Pounds Crated Size: • Height – 45 Inches • Width – 50 Inches • Depth – 30 Inches • Weight – 65 Pounds.

Creator:
Anton Lorenz (Designer),Thonet (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 39 in (99.06 cm)Width: 21.25 in (53.98 cm)Depth: 23.5 in (59.69 cm)Seat Height: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)
Style:
Bauhaus (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Chrome,Faux Leather,Plastic
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1980s
Condition:
Replacements made: One of the plastic front stabilizer feet was missing so a new one was created. Touch-up has been done to nicks in vinyl & one spot on chrome. All by our knowledgeable staff. Wear consistent with age and use. Beautiful condition, these are vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. There are a few tiny nicks in the chrome & vinyl that have been touched up and one front stabilizer foot was missing and has been replaced. Please see photos.
Seller Location:
Topeka, KS
Reference Number:
Seller: 414-SEA-5201stDibs: LU1873328304832

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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.

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