Bentwood Furniture
1940s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Oak, Bentwood, Plywood
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Cypress
1970s Danish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood, Lacquer
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood, Plywood
1970s Danish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
2010s Asian Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Oak
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s Czech Streamlined Moderne Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Polish Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
19th Century Austrian Aesthetic Movement Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Chrome, Steel
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1910s German Jugendstil Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1940s Czech Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1880s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Brass
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Bentwood Furniture
Iron
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
2010s Pakistani Organic Modern Bentwood Furniture
Ash, Bentwood, Velvet
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Rope, Beech, Bentwood
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Upholstery, Bentwood
1960s Space Age Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
2010s Unknown Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Ash, Velvet
1880s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal, Brass
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Steel
Early 20th Century Swedish Rustic Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Wicker, Rattan, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1970s Danish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Canvas, Bentwood
1890s Austrian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, 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.