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Material: Bentwood
Josef Hoffmann Gueridon, circa 1910, Austria
Located in Girona, Spain
Josef Hoffmann Gueridon.
Made with bentwood.
Vienna Secession
Circa 1910, Austria.
Vintage condition.
The Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann was a central figure in the evolution of modern design, and a leader in an aesthetic movement born in Europe in the late 19th century that rejected florid, extravagant ornamentation in favor of a new emphasis on simplicity of line. As a founder of the turn-of-the-century Wiener Werkstätte (in English: the Viennese Workshops), a design cooperative that produced superbly crafted furniture and housewares, Hoffmann was a pioneering practitioner of what would become a fundamental principle of modernism: that good design is a way of life.
Hoffmann came of age amidst a shift in the culture of the applied arts, as a conservative order that looked only to the past for inspiration was pushed aside. But what, exactly, would replace that order was in question, and Hoffmann’s career embodies the developing patterns of design’s new spirit. His architectural work reflects his time as a student of the Vienna architect Otto Wagner, who disdained excessive decoration and employed new materials such as steel girders and reinforced concrete to create buildings with airy, open interiors full of light. As a designer of furniture and interiors, Hoffmann was consistently open-minded about the aesthetics he explored. He was an early adherent of the flowing, organic forms of the Art Nouveau design movement that began to flourish in the late 1880s, but by the opening of the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903, Hoffmann’s designs embraced the beauty of geometry in pieces that feature grids and angular forms.
Hoffmann’s greatest works reflect his ability to combine seemingly conflicting design visions into coherent wholes. His architectural masterpiece, the Stoclet Palace in Brussels, has an exterior that groups together simple geometric forms and spacious interiors marked by subtly naturalistic design details that lend rooms an air of charm and geniality. Hoffmann’s signature furniture design is an adjustable lounge chair, the Sitzmaschine (1905), that marries a curving frame with square and rectangular back- and side rests. This piece, like so many others by Hoffmann, reflects a groundbreaking, forward-thinking appreciation for the union of different looks and sources that marks the best of interior design in our own day. Moreover, items offered on these pages, which range from enameled silver jewelry, to a silver flower vase basket, to lighting pendants and sconces...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
Pair of Italian Mid Century Reclining Armchairs
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of reclining Italian armchairs, in the style of Gio Ponti, circa 1950. The structure is metallic and its legs are in beech wood, its reclining position only requires pressure to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Metal
$4,554 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1970s, Scandinavian armchair, brown furniture leather, teak wood legs.
Located in Tarm, 82
1970s, Scandinavian armchair. Brown furniture leather, teak wood legs, bent beech wood, furniture rattan mesh. Original very good condition: no smells, no stains and stable construct...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Leather, Rattan, Teak, Bentwood
Chair Thonet Nr. 33, 1881-1887
Located in Praha, CZ
Original state with a pleasant patina of age, perfectly cleaned and re-polished. New canning in seat.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
Armchairs in the Style of Poul Henningsen
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant and minimalistic designed in the style of Poul Henningsen. Beech bentwood armchairs made in the 1970s by TON. (Formerly Thonet factory in Bystrice pod Hostinem in Czech ...
Category
1970s Czech Minimalist Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
$1,290 / item
French Art Deco Wicker Chaise
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco natural wicker and bentwood adjustable back chaise with separate footrest with light blue trim
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood, Wicker
Josef Hoffmann Beehive Dining Chairs
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Josef Hoffmann beehive dining chairs professionally stained and repolished.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
Set of Four Bentwood Upholstered Armchairs by Bill Stephens for Knoll
By Bill Stephens, Knoll
Located in Dallas, TX
This incredible armchair set, model 1305-U, is the works of the legendary mid-century artist: William 'Bill' Stephens, the young Knoll designer whose 1300 series of chairs took off a...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood, Upholstery
Salon Set by Josef Hoffmann, 1910s, Excellent Condition
Located in Praha, CZ
Art nouveau sofa set Thonet, J/J Kohn, upholstered in genuine leather, designed by architect Josef Hoffmann for the Fledermaus cabaret in Vienna, Austria, completely restored, newly ...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Leather, Bentwood
Large Round Illuminated Wooden Mirror, 1970s
By Deco Mirror
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Large wooden-frame mirror. Italy, 1970s.
A large illuminated mirror with 8 light sockets, hidden behind the mirror glass. Painted and curved...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Bentwood
Beautiful Set of Bentwood Dining Chairs, in the Style of Thonet
By Thonet, Paul McCobb
Located in Miami, FL
9 beautiful European bentwood dining chairs. Ready for a new home.
Category
1970s Slovak Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
Early Michael Thonet Bistro Dining Table in Bentwood and Cane - Austria
By Thonet, Michael Thonet
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Bistro dining table in bentwood and cane designed by Michael Thonet. Originally designed in the 1860s and produced by Thonet in the 20th century by multiple factories.
Size:
chairs: 57x49x96.5 seat height 46 Arm height 67 centimeter
table: ø85.5 height 75 centimeter
Condition: used. The lacquer has worn out on some places. The stained beech wood has discoloration. Cane in the table top is good.
The cane in two seats is damaged. The cane in one back is damaged. One arm has a crack in a curve. Some small wood details are missing. The cane can be repaired or replaced professionally on request.
Michael Thonet
The development of bentwood for use in furniture is one of history’s most significant innovations in design. A range of renowned mid-century modern designers such as Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen, and Charles and Ray Eames drew heavily on this technological advancement, and the success of their enduring works owes to the efforts of pioneering German-Austrian industrialist and designer Michael Thonet — founder of Thonet and widely considered the father of bentwood furniture.
Bentwood furniture dates as far back as the Middle Ages, but it is the 19th-century cabinetmaker and master of parquetry 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. He experimented with bending birch rods into rounded shapes — forming delicately seductive, curving Art Nouveau creations that were a daring departure from the heavy, hand-carved designs attributed to his contemporaries.
The Boppard-born Thonet 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. He received an invitation from Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich to contribute Neo-Rococo interiors to the Liechtenstein City Palace in Vienna. From there, 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. 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 — or Gebrüder Thonet — with his sons in 1853.
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.
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. Composed of just six parts, the chair, with its simple, lightweight design, belies its durability. 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.)
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.
Thonet’s patented bentwood technology also yielded an improvement to rocking chairs for his company — 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. And bentwood furniture was embraced by a series of design greats — the innovation can be found in the seating that Josef Hoffman designed for Thonet, in the elegant Superleggera chair created by Gio Ponti and Alvar Aalto’s expressive Paimio armchair...
Category
1860s Austrian Rococo Revival Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
$2,135 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Room Dividers in Bent-Wood by Ludvik Volak, Praque, 1960s
By Ludvik Volak
Located in Almelo, NL
Mid-century room dividers in Bent-Wood by Ludvik Volak, Prague 1960s.
We have acquired a memorable room divider from a villa in Prague that can be used as a wall-mounted shelving un...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood, Plywood
Maison Jansen Pair of Sconces
Located in Miami, FL
Very nice pair of sconces by Maison Jansen.
Black lacquered and polished nickel.
Original white opaline shades.
Diameter of the back plate: 4"
Two pairs available. Priced by pair.
Me...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Brass
$2,950 / set
Bentwood Armchair by Thonet, Czechoslovakia, 1940s
By Thonet
Located in Zohor, SK
This is an amazing armchair. Fully restored into a beautiful, trendy look. The armchair was produced in 1940s by Thonet company, original label still attached. The armchair was in a ...
Category
1940s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Bentwood
$1,111 Sale Price
75% Off
Bentwood daybed no.2 by Thonet
By Michael Thonet, Thonet
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Bentwood daybed no.2 by Thonet in original vintage condition with signs of use.
Category
1880s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Rattan, Bentwood
Matsu Nomadic Collection by Joeri Reynaert - Nomad Horns Dining Chair
Located in Gomaringen, DE
Nomad Horns Dining Chair – A Masterpiece of Craftsmanship and Comfort
The Nomad Horns Chair is an exquisite blend of modern design and timeless craftsmanship. With its gracefully he...
Category
2010s Tibetan Tibetan Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Oak, Bentwood
Cherner Armchair by Norman Cherner for Plycraft
Located in Centreville, VA
Found in design collections across the world, the Cherner chair was originally made of walnut faced moulded plywood, using similar techniques to those that Charles and Ray Eames were...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
$1,600 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Josef Maria Olbrich, Pair of armchairs for Thonet, Austria, 1910
Located in Argelato, BO
Josef Maria Olbrich, Pair of armchairs for Thonet, Austria, 1910
Rare and extraordinary set of 2 bent beech chairs by the architect and designer Olbrich for Thonet from an important office in Trieste...
Category
1910s Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
Set of Four Art Nouveau Nesting Tables No. 10 by Thonet, circa 1900
Located in Lucenec, SK
Set of 4 Art Nouveau nesting tables or Quartetto tables by Thonet Wien, model no. 10, circa 1905.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
$1,838 Sale Price / set
26% Off
Chic French 1940s Armchair in the Style of Andre Arbus
By André Arbus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic French 40's armchair in the style of Andre Arbus. Brass sabots. White washed frame, natural linen upholstery.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
Stellar pair of Herb Ritts Lucite Bookends
By Herb Ritts
Located in Evanston, IL
Enhance your pace with these exquisite lucite bookends, crafted by Herbert and Shirley Ritts, parents of famed photographer Herb Ritts.
Their sleek, minimalist design adds a touch o...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Lucite, Bentwood
TON Bentwood Armchair in Light Upholstery
By Thonet
Located in Waalwijk, NL
TON, armchair, bentwood, fabric, Czech Republic, 1950s.
Elegant dining chair made in bentwood. The lines and shapes are dynamic but in a soft sense, the light color of the backrest ...
Category
1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Bentwood
Midcentury Set of 5 Thonet High Back Bentwood Dining Chairs
By Thonet
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Set of 5 !!!!! Thonet high back bentwood beech chairs.
Solid and stabile. Signed.
Fabric can be changed easily.
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
Set of 6 Clifford Pascoe Mid Century Walnut Wrought Iron Dining Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These Clifford Pascoe dining chairs encapsulate the timeless elegance and innovative design principles of the mid-20th century. They are a harmonious fusion of organic materials and ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Metal
Leather Reclining Chair & Ottoman by Thomasville
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish modern design adjustable recliner chair with ottoman by Thomasville. the ottoman is 20x20x19.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Leather, Bentwood, Plywood
$3,800 / set
J J Kohn Bentwood Ebonized Chairs, 19th Century Austria
Located in Water Mill, NY
Twenty four available J J Kohn 19th century Austrian bentwood ebonized chairs from the Estate of Billy Wilder can be sold in a set of six or eight
caning has been replaced.
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
Pair of Mohair and Plywood Chairs by Barovero Turino, Italy 1960s
By Barovero
Located in Echt, NL
Beautifully crafted fside chairs in very good condition.
Manufactured by Barovero Turino in the 1960s.
The seating area has a wooden structure and is in fact a processed bent plywo...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Mohair, Bentwood, Plywood
Bentwood Thonet Style Scroll Design Chaise
By Thonet
Located in Queens, NY
Bentwood Thonet-style (19/20th Century) adjustable scroll design chaise with 2 cane panels (signed A. GAIFFE, Paris #185774)
Category
Early 20th Century French Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood, Wicker
Vintage Bamboo Bentwood Rattan Wheat Back Dining Armchairs, Set of 4
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below.
Shipping Quote Information
The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Category
1970s Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Bentwood, Wood
$1,871 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Mid-Century Bentwood Rocking Armchair in Blond Oak by Ton, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful, iconic armchair designed by Thonet, produced in 1960s by TON company in Czechoslovakia. The armchair has been completely restored and looks amazing. The construction made ...
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Oak, Bentwood
$773 Sale Price
55% Off
Rare and Important "Ohrenbackensessel" Chair by Josef Hoffmann
Located in Dallas, TX
A rare and important Josef Hoffmann "Ohrenbackensessel" Chair by J & J Kohn
Vienna, 1903
Having a stained beech bentwood frame, and period reproduction fabric in excellent condition.
Possibly the finest example of its kind in existence.
From the estate of famed antiques dealer Amy...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Bentwood
Art Nouveau Bentwood Side Table
By Thonet
Located in Vienna, AT
Vienna secession beech bentwood table. Rectangular Beech / bentwood. Vienna, 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Beech, Plywood, Bentwood
Jugendstil causeuse no. 6611 attr. to Otto Wagner for Thonet
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil causeuse no.6611 atr. to Otto Wagner for Thonet. Professionally stained and repolished.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Table Mirror, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table mirror in brass, possibly manufactured by Nordiska Kompaniet, 1950s.
Brass, wave-shaped border decoration. Adjustable.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Brass
Scandinavian Folk Art - Farmhouse Butter Bucket, Hand-crafted, Norway, Signed
Located in Skien, NO
**A Masterpiece of Norwegian Folk Art: Exquisite Hand-Carved Butter Bucket/Porridge Amber from Telemark, Norway**
Elevate your Scandinavian art collection with this exceptional, l...
Category
Early 2000s Norwegian Folk Art Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood, Pine
$3,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Bentwood Thonet side table
By Thonet
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Bentwood Thonet side table in very nice original condition.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Secession dining chairs N369A by Josef Hoffmann
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Secession dining chairs N369A by Josef Hoffmann in very nice original condition. Signed with importers lable.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
$1,423 / set
1950s Piano Bentwood Beech Stool, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- carefully refurbished
- adjustable height from 48cm to 67cm
Category
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Wood, Beech, Bentwood
Antique Bentwood Armchair or Bistro Chair, 1950s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Dark brown bentwood dining armchair or bistro chair.
In the style of Thonet with original webbing
We date it at early 1950s.
Good condition with normal age related wear.
...
Category
1950s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
Mid-Century Black Siesta Lounge Chair by Ingmar Relling for Westnofa, Norway 196
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Elevate Your Space with the Iconic Mid-Century "SIESTA" Armchair by Ingmar Relling for Westnova"
Step into the world of timeless design an...
Category
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Leather, Canvas, Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Antique Dining Chair Fischel, Austria, circa 1890s
Located in Praha, CZ
Original state with a pleasant patine of age, perfectly cleaned and re-polished with shelack finish.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
Set of Ten 19th Century J and J Kohn Bentwood Cane Armchairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable and rare set of 10 matching labeled late 19th century bentwood bistro dining armchairs made by J and J Kohn Vienna, Austria. Each chair has an ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
Bentwoon plant stand attr. Otto Wagner for Thonet
By Thonet, Otto Wagner
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Bentwood plant stand attributed to Otto Wagner for Thonet in original vintage condition with signs of use.
Category
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Bentwood dining room chair no.33 by J&J Kohn
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Bentwood dining room chair no.33 by J&J Kohn professionally stained and repolished with new rattan seat.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Rattan, Bentwood
Midcentury Scandinavian Style Sofa by Krásná Jizba, 1960s
By Krasna JIzba
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This Scandinavian style sofa was made by Krásná Jizba company in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1960´s. It´s upholstered with fabric. The structure is made of bent beech wood.
T...
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Bentwood
Handheld Mirror in a Wooden Frame, A vintage Mack-up Floral Painted Mirror
Located in Wembley, GB
20th-century authentic, exquisitely detailed handheld wooden mirror decorated with cloisonné enamel with many flowers, a bird and a butterfly., circa 1970.
Impressive Flame Brown Mahogany Hand Painted Handheld Mirror with Outstanding Quality, Workmanship, and Compact Size. Circa 1970.
Handheld Mirror in a Wooden Frame, A vintage Mack-up Floral Painted Mirror
Category
1970s Turkish Art Nouveau Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Organic Material, Boxwood, Fruitwood, Bentwood, Paint
$262 Sale Price
20% Off
Unique Kids Sofa Jacob & Josef Kohn, circa 1875
Located in Praha, CZ
Absolutely unique piece. According to the construction probably from company Jacob & Josef Kohn. Probably it was intended only for exhibitions and fairs. The sofa is compared to the general production extremely precise. This kid’s sofa...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Very rare pagoda plant stand D68 by Thonet Mundus
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Very rare pagoda plant stand D68 by Thonet Mundus. Professionally stained and repolished
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Mid Century Modern Lounge Chair & Ottoman in Gray Mohair by Selig
By Selig
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Fantastic Mid Century lounge chair & ottoman by Selig, reupholstered in gray mohair.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Mohair, Bentwood
Modernist Bentwood Chaise Lounge by Ingmar & Knut Relling
Located in Buffalo, NY
This stunning vintage modern chaise lounge features a stylish and sturdy bentwood base. Versatile design functions as lounge chair to rel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Leather, Canvas, Bentwood
Antique Bentwood Umbrella / Stick Stand by Thonet
By Thonet
Located in London, GB
A stylish and rare antique bentwood umbrella / stick stand by Thonet. This was made in Austria, it dates from around the 1890-1910 period.
It is beautifully made and is a very useful item, perfect for an entry way storage...
Category
1880s Austrian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
Pair of midcentury armchairs by Jaroslav Šmídek, 1960´s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
These bentwood armchairs were designed by Jaroslav Šmídek and made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1960´s.
Made of beech wood and upholstery.
The armchairs are sturdy and comfo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Bentwood
Rare Set of Six Thonet Dining Chairs
By Thonet
Located in Miami, FL
Rare Set of Six Beautiful Original Thonet Dining Chairs. Ready for a new home.
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Oak, Bentwood
$3,900 / set
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Smoked Acrylic, Walnut and Chrome Pendant Light
Located in Charleston, SC
This cool overhead lamp features smoked acrylic panels surrounding a chrome frame with bent wood walnut corners which hangs from a corded chain. The interior features 4 candle form ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Dining Chairs by J. J. Kohn
Located in Vienna, AT
Beech bentwood with embossed plywood seat and with three tulips decorated back rest. Made in Austria in the 1900s by Jacob & Josef Kohn.
only two chairs ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
$1,800 / set
Bauhaus art deco amrchairs by Lajos Kozma for Thonet Mundus
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Bauhaus art deco amrchairs by Lajos Kozma for Thonet Mundus. Professionally stained and repolished with new fabric.
Category
1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
Pair George Mulhauser for Plycraft “Sultana” Rocking Chairs, 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair George Mulhauser for Plycraft “Sultana” Rocking Chairs, 1960’s.
Exceptionally rare pair of rocking chair model from George Mulhauser's iconic "Sultana" line for Plycraft Furnitu...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Bentwood
Model for Showing Tights, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Swivel ladies leg on the stool used as a model for showing tights in textile factory in Czechoslovakia.
Another version with white leg also available.
Ni...
Category
1950s Czech Industrial Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass, Bentwood
Emile Gallé, Smoker Set Enameled Topaz Glass 3 Pieces, Thistles
By Émile Gallé
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Smoker set "Chardons " made in topaz glass with enameled design of thistles by Émile Gallé.
Each piece is signed “E.Gallé”.
All parts are in perfect con...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$6,129 Sale Price / set
34% Off
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.