Bentwood Furniture
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel
2010s Unknown Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Ash
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Beech, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Canvas, Bentwood
1970s European Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1920s Spanish Spanish Colonial Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Laminate, Bentwood, Birch
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood, Birch
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood, Wool
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Plywood, Wood, Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s Austrian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Paint, Bentwood, Beech, Wood, Wicker
2010s Italian Bentwood Furniture
Glass, Wood, Bentwood
1970s Italian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel
1960s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
1880s Austrian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s Pakistani Modern Bentwood Furniture
Glass, Bentwood, Ash
1940s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Oak, Bentwood
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Velvet, Bentwood
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
2010s Asian Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Glass, Resin, Epoxy Resin, Ash, Bentwood
2010s Unknown Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Ash
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
20th Century American Sporting Art Bentwood Furniture
Cord, Bentwood
2010s Asian Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Ash, Bentwood
1940s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Beech, Plywood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
2010s Pakistani Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Acrylic, Ash, Paint, Bentwood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Mirror, Beech, Bentwood
1940s Hungarian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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.