Cane Armchairs

Fabulous set of 4 Thonet tall back armchairs with caned seats and backs. Curly twist arms with flared turned legs. Caning is pressed on style and perfect. Sold and priced as a set o...

A bentwood and cane child’s armchair in black lacquer by Thonet, Austria. The chair features all of the attributes associated with the iconic Thonet design vernacular. All of the st...

Antique, sculptural, bentwood, swivel armchair by Thonet for ZPM Radomsko features it's original, woven rattan back and seat that is height adjustable from 18 - 22 inches.

These elegant bentwood Classic Thonet 209 round chairs are a masterpiece of construction. The projecting frames that form both the backrests and armrests are bent into their form fro...

An antique German child's high chair by Michael Thonet offers bentwood construction with caned seat, feeding tray and footrest, original label as photographed, mid-19th century Measures: 38" H x 18.5" W x 23" D Additional information: Michael Thonet (2 July 1796-3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture. Thonet was the son of the master tanner Franz Anton Thonet of Boppard. Following a carpenter's apprenticeship, Thonet set himself up as an independent cabinetmaker in 1819. A year later, he married Anna Grahs, with whom he had seven sons and six daughters. Only five of the sons, however, survived early childhood. In the 1830s, Thonet began trying to make furniture out of glued and bent wooden slats. His first success was the Bopparder Schichtholzstuhl (Boppard layerwood chair) in 1836. Thonet gained substantial independence by acquiring the Michelsmühle, the glue factory that made the glue for this process, in 1837. However, his attempts to patent the technology failed in Germany (1840) as well as in Great Britain, France and Russia (1841). Thonet's essential breakthrough was his success in having light, strong wood bent into curved, graceful shapes by forming the wood in hot steam. This enabled him to design entirely novel, elegant, lightweight, durable and comfortable furniture, which appealed strongly to fashion - a complete departure from the heavy, carved designs of the past - and whose aesthetic and functional appeal remains to this day. At the Koblenz trade fair of 1841, Thonet met Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, who was enthusiastic about Thonet's furniture and invited him to the Vienna court. In the next year, Thonet was able to present his furniture, and his chairs in particular, to the Imperial Family. As the Boppard establishment got into financial difficulties, Thonet sold it and emigrated to Vienna with his family. There, he worked with his sons on the interior decoration of the Stadtpalais Liechtenstein for the Carl Leistler establishment.[1] In 1849, he again opened his own shop together with his four sons. A few years later, in 1853, he transferred the company to his sons under the name Gebrüder Thonet. In 1850 he produced his Nr 1 chair. The Great Exhibition in London 1851 saw him receive the bronze medal for his Vienna bentwood...

Distinctive set of four no. 17 bentwood and cane armchairs designed by Michale Thonet. Originally designed in the 1860s and produced by Thonet in the 20th century by multiple factori...

Stylish pair of Thonet bentwood B-9 model armchairs featuring a cane seat. Beautifully worn patina on the vintage bentwood with some newer hardware. One cane seat with some visible w...

Pair of Thonet style bentwood and cane armchairs featuring beautifully sculpted arms and heart motif back splats. These cafe chairs have a rich, distressed finish and noticeable wear...

Rare pair of Jacob and Josef Kohn for Michael Thonet "Cafe Daum" armchairs no. 4. featuring a black lacquer ebonized finish. Originally designed fo...