Bentwood Furniture
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s European Late Victorian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century Swedish Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Bentwood Furniture
Resin, Wood, Bentwood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bentwood
20th Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s Canadian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Maple, Bentwood, Plywood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Velvet, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Slovak Modern Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s Czech Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1940s Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Post-Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
1930s European Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1960s Industrial Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1990s Italian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1890s Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Brass, Aluminum, Copper
1950s Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel
1950s Slovak Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s Czech Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Upholstery, Bentwood
1890s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
19th Century Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Paint
2010s Italian Bentwood Furniture
Metal
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Marble
1970s Dutch Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
1950s European Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Upholstery, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Danish Bentwood Furniture
Linen, Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bouclé, Bentwood
2010s German Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1950s European Vintage 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.