Bentwood Furniture
Early 1900s Country Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Italian Other Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Beech
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Post-Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Faux Leather, Bentwood
1940s Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1970s North American Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Lucite, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1890s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Teak, Bentwood
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
20th Century Polish Country Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Poplar, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel
Early 2000s French Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Shell, Bentwood, Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
1920s Polish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Plywood
1930s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
2010s American Bentwood Furniture
Brass
Late 19th Century Norwegian Folk Art Antique Bentwood Furniture
Birch, Nutwood, Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Rope, Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1940s Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Early 2000s Croatian Futurist Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Rope, Beech, Bentwood
1980s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Wool, Alpaca, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1980s French Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Plastic, Bentwood
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Plywood, Bentwood, Rubber, Fabric
2010s German Modern Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood, Leather, Lacquer
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1990s Belgian Rustic Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1910s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s Burmese Rustic Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Wicker, Bentwood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
19th Century French Provincial Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern 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.