Bentwood Furniture
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Fabric, Leather
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Fabric, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Norwegian Folk Art Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bauhaus Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Bentwood Furniture
Goatskin, Resin, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Italian Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Wood, Bentwood
1960s European Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Cane
1960s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
19th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Glass, Beech, Bentwood
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
2010s Asian Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Ash, Bentwood
1920s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1910s Austrian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Hungarian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Beech, Rattan
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Rattan, Bentwood
Early 2000s Bentwood Furniture
Mohair, Bentwood
19th Century French Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1950s Czech Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s Bentwood Furniture
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Ash, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Oak
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 2000s Chinese Baltic Bentwood Furniture
Silk, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Upholstery, Wicker, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Ash, Bentwood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Mirror, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1920s American Country Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Straw, Beech
1970s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Canvas, Bentwood
2010s Italian Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Burl
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s Italian Bentwood Furniture
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bamboo, Bentwood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Bentwood Furniture
Mirror, Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Iron
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1960s Italian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Straw, Bentwood
1960s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s Asian Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bentwood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Velvet, Walnut, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Bentwood Furniture
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.