Bentwood Furniture
20th Century Colombian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
1880s English Victorian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Iron
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Wool, Oak, Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Sheepskin, Bentwood
1950s Czech Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Brass, Aluminum, Copper
1970s Dutch Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1930s European Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s German Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1890s Austrian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Dutch Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bouclé, Bentwood
Early 2000s American Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Paint
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Antique Bentwood Furniture
Straw, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s Italian Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Birch, Maple, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Danish Bentwood Furniture
Linen, Bentwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Stainless Steel
1980s Czech Post-Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Iron
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1890s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
1960s Austrian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Slovak Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Czech Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Czech Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Oak, Bentwood
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
1940s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s Austrian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
2010s Central Asian Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Maple, Bentwood
1940s European Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Bentwood Furniture
Wicker, Bentwood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s British Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Kaolin
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s European Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1920s Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Upholstery, 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.