Bentwood Furniture
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Bentwood Furniture
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Hemp, Rope, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Early 20th Century Bentwood Furniture
Walnut, Bentwood
1910s Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Italian Primitive Antique Bentwood Furniture
Cowhide, Bentwood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Fabric
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Bohemian Bentwood Furniture
Textile, Cane, Bentwood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century French Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s American Bentwood Furniture
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Brass
1950s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
1910s Czech Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Czech Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Teak, Bentwood
1910s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1880s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
20th Century Danish Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Faux Leather, Bentwood, Oak
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Elm, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Marble
1950s European Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Slovak Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bamboo, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Marble
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Austrian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Czech Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Velvet, Plywood, Bentwood, Rubber
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Dutch Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
20th Century Swedish Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Velvet, Bentwood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Austrian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1990s American Bohemian Bentwood Furniture
Steel
Early 2000s Chinese Aubusson Bentwood Furniture
Silk, Bentwood
1950s Slovak Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bouclé, Bentwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1930s 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.