Bentwood Furniture
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood, Plywood
1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Hardwood, Teak, Bentwood
Early 1900s Czech Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Cane
Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
1990s Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Hardwood, Bentwood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bentwood
1980s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
2010s Spanish Biedermeier Bentwood Furniture
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Sheepskin, Upholstery, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Other Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Beech
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
2010s Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Dutch Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Steel
Mid-20th Century European Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1970s Danish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
20th Century Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Wood, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wicker, Cane, Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Textile, Oak, Bentwood
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood, Plywood
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Chrome
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Sheepskin, Upholstery, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Fabric, Upholstery
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Iron
20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Bentwood Furniture
Wicker, Rattan, Bentwood
2010s Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Velvet, Ash, Bentwood
2010s Asian Japonisme Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Ash, Oak
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1960s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Hardwood, Bentwood
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Teak, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Bentwood
1940s Czech Vienna Secession 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.