Bentwood Furniture
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Smoked Glass, Bentwood
1880s European Victorian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Mirror, Bentwood
1860s Czech Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Mahogany, Bentwood
1970s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
19th Century Italian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Lacquer, Bentwood
19th Century Austrian Aesthetic Movement Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Velvet
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 19th Century Antique Bentwood Furniture
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1970s Czech Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood, Textile
1880s Austrian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Native American Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 20th Century Bentwood Furniture
Wicker, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel
2010s American Napoleon III Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
19th Century Austrian Jugendstil Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1910s European Edwardian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Swedish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
2010s Pakistani Bentwood Furniture
Ash, Wood, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Bentwood, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
2010s Pakistani Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Ash
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
20th Century French Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
19th Century German Mid-Century Modern Antique Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Bentwood Furniture
Walnut, Bentwood
Early 19th Century Norwegian Folk Art Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Pine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Mohair, Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Aluminum
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s French Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Birch, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Beech, Bentwood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Suede, Birch, Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1920s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1920s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, 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.