Bentwood Furniture
1970s Danish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Beech, Bentwood, Plywood
1970s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Velvet, Bentwood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Walnut, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
2010s Asian Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Danish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
1970s American Other Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Beech, Bentwood, Plywood
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Steel, Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel, Chrome
1970s Swedish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Pine
1990s Italian Post-Modern Bentwood Furniture
Aluminum
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood, Upholstery
1960s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Hardwood, Bentwood
2010s Asian Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Oak, Bentwood
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Danish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Aluminum
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Brass
1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel
1920s German Black Forest Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Brass
1930s Austrian Bauhaus Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bentwood
1940s Italian Baroque Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Glass, Bentwood
1940s Luxembourgish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Czech Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
2010s American Scandinavian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Brass
1930s Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
1970s Danish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Polish Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Wicker, Bentwood
1930s Polish Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Rope, Bentwood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Walnut, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Rope, Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Sheepskin, Beech, Bentwood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Wood, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Jugendstil Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1920s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Late 19th Century European Art Deco Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Brass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1890s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Bentwood Furniture
Marble
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Antique, New and Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Antique, new and vintage bentwood furniture has become very popular in interiors over the years. Today bentwood chairs, tables, sofas and pendants are receiving striking modern interpretations from makers like Thonet, which are being carried on by the next generation.
Bentwood furniture dates as far back as the Middle Ages, but it is the 19th-century German-Austrian cabinetmaker Michael 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. Bentwood was embraced by design greats ranging from Josef Hoffmann to Gio Ponti, and Adolf Loos to Alvar Aalto for its versatility, timelessness and simple elegance.
In the Czech Republic — home to a range of talented but unsung mid-century modern and Art Deco designers — the company TON held a bentwood furniture exhibition in Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Villa Tugendhat in recent years. TON manufactures their bentwood furniture in the same workshops where Michael Thonet set up his operations in the 1800s.
Sophisticated bentwood furniture designs include Alvar Aalto’s cantilever lounge chairs, Italian designer Luigi Crassevig’s 1970s rocking chairs — which feature cane seats — curvaceous hanging lamps and other lighting by Spanish architect José Antonio Coderch and lots more.
Find a collection of antique, new and vintage bentwood furniture on 1stDibs.