Bentwood Furniture
1960s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Elm, Bentwood
1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
2010s German Modern Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Chrome
2010s Central Asian Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
20th Century German Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Birch, Bentwood
1980s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s Italian Other Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
1970s Croatian Art Nouveau Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
20th Century German Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century Bentwood Furniture
Glass, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Teak, Bentwood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1970s American Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Upholstery
1940s Austrian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Art Glass, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1990s Italian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1920s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1970s Campaign Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s American Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century Swedish Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1970s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Birch, Bentwood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Willow
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s German Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Late 20th Century Unknown Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Art Glass, Bentwood
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Plywood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Smoked Glass, Bentwood
Early 20th Century American Classical 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.