Bentwood Furniture
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
19th Century Austrian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Cane
1880s English British Colonial Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Brass
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Oak, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Bentwood Furniture
Willow, Bentwood
1920s Austrian Bauhaus Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bentwood
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1870s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Brass
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Oak, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Walnut, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Danish Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Slovak Modern Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Mirror, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s Guatemalan Modern Bentwood Furniture
Oak, Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Oak, Bentwood
1970s North American Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Birch, Bentwood, Fabric
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Oak, Bentwood
20th Century European Bentwood Furniture
Mirror, Bentwood
1880s Swedish Rustic Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Pine
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Leather
1920s Austrian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cotton, Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
20th Century European Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Bouclé, Upholstery, Walnut
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1960s Czech Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Bauhaus Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Plywood
1950s American Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s German Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Brass
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 20th Century Spanish Bentwood Furniture
Brass
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Leather, 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.