Bentwood Furniture
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood, Birch
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1980s Italian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1960s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Hardwood, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
1980s American Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Brass
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Bentwood Furniture
Silver Leaf
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Bentwood Furniture
Brass
Early 2000s Swedish Modern Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Brass
20th Century German Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Ash, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cotton, Birch, Bentwood
1920s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Slovak Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Faux Leather, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 2000s French Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Shell, Wood, Bentwood
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1970s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Brass, Iron
1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Textile, Oak, Bentwood
1980s North American Hollywood Regency Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Brass
Early 2000s Swedish Modern Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1960s European Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1880s English Victorian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Birch, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Formica, Bentwood
1970s Dutch Brutalist Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
1970s Dutch Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
1970s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Faux 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.