Bentwood Furniture
1910s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1920s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Laminate
1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1920s Austrian Bauhaus Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s American Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Czech Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Austrian Bentwood Furniture
Velvet, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Wood, Plywood
1970s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Canvas, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
1960s American Bauhaus Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Patent Leather
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Textile, Bentwood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1730s Dutch Renaissance Revival Antique Bentwood Furniture
Canvas, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Bentwood Furniture
Mirror, Wood, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1890s British Arts and Crafts Antique Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
1950s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1970s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Cane, Beech
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1840s Norwegian Baroque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Pine
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood, Cane
1950s American Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
20th Century Spanish Baroque Revival Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Paint
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Chrome, Wire
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
20th Century Polish Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Glass, Oak, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Swiss Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
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.