Bentwood Furniture
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Maple, Bentwood
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wool, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
2010s Spanish Bentwood Furniture
Raffia, Bentwood
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
Early 20th Century Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wool, Bentwood
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bamboo, Bentwood
1880s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Beech
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Fabric
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bentwood
1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1990s Belgian Rustic Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1970s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Beech, Bentwood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1980s French Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Plastic, Bentwood
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Chrome, Wire
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Bentwood Furniture
Steel
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1990s Italian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1990s Slovak Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
2010s German Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Brass
20th Century French Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bouclé, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
19th Century French Provincial Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Beech, Bentwood
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Bentwood
1910s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Marble
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s North American Hollywood Regency Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Brass
19th Century Austrian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Mirror, Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
2010s North American Modern Bentwood Furniture
Copper, Foil
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Bentwood Furniture
Willow, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Scottish Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s European Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 20th Century Bentwood Furniture
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.