1860s Dining Room Sets

This is a superb antique Victorian flame mahogany dining table, Circa 1860 in date and twelve Hepplewhite revival dining chairs. This amazing table can seat twelve people in comfort...

This is a superb antique Victorian flame mahogany dining table, Circa 1860 in date and twelve vintage shieldback dining chairs. This amazing table can seat twelve people in comfort ...

No. 17 dining set in bentwood and cane 'long john' chairs and table designed by Michael Thonet. Originally designed in the 1860s and produced by Thonet in the 20th century by multiple factories. Size: chairs: 57x49x96.5 seat height 46 Arm height 67 centimeter table: ø85.5 height 75 centimeter Condition: used. The lacquer has worn out on many places. The stained beech wood has discoloration. The cane in two seats is damaged. The cane in one back is damaged. One arm has a crack in a curve. Some small wood details are missing. The cane can be repaired or replaced professionally on request. Michael Thonet The development of bentwood for use in furniture is one of history’s most significant innovations in design. A range of renowned mid-century modern designers such as Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen, and Charles and Ray Eames drew heavily on this technological advancement, and the success of their enduring works owes to the efforts of pioneering German-Austrian industrialist and designer Michael Thonet — founder of Thonet and widely considered the father of bentwood furniture. Bentwood furniture dates as far back as the Middle Ages, but it is the 19th-century cabinetmaker and master of parquetry 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. He experimented with bending birch rods into rounded shapes — forming delicately seductive, curving Art Nouveau creations that were a daring departure from the heavy, hand-carved designs attributed to his contemporaries. The Boppard-born Thonet honed his carpentry skills in his father’s workshop, where he carried out experiments with plywood and modified the Biedermeier chairs that populated the studio. He received an invitation from Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich to contribute Neo-Rococo interiors to the Liechtenstein City Palace in Vienna. From there, the cabinetmaker gained international recognition, including at London’s Great Exhibition of 1851, which featured works created by members of the Arts and Crafts movement as well as industrial products. Thonet showed a range of furniture at the fair and won the bronze medal for his bentwood chairs. He ​​incorporated his family’s company, the Thonet Brothers — or Gebrüder Thonet — with his sons in 1853. Considered the world’s oldest mass-produced chair, Michael Thonet’s ubiquitous Chair No. 14 demonstrated that his patented bentwood technology made it possible to efficiently produce furniture on an industrial scale. Often called the Coffee House chair — the company’s first substantial order was for a Viennese coffeehouse — the No. 14 remains an icon. Thonet originally designed the chair in 1859, and it is considered the starting point for modern furniture. Composed of just six parts, the chair, with its simple, lightweight design, belies its durability. The No. 14 was followed by the No. 18, or the Bistro chair, in 1867, and the 209, or the Architect’s chair, of which Le Corbusier was a fan. (The influential Swiss-French architect and designer used Thonet furniture in his Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau at the 1925 International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris.) The business began mass-producing furniture. By the end of the 1850s, there were additional Thonet workshops in Eastern Europe and hundreds of employees. Michael Thonet’s reputation attracted the attention of notable architects including Otto Wagner, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Thonet’s patented bentwood technology also yielded an improvement to rocking chairs for his company — in the middle of the 19th century, Michael produced a series of rockers in which the different curved parts were integrated into fluid, sinuous wholes. Thanks to Thonet, the humble rocker acquired something unexpected: style. And bentwood furniture was embraced by a series of design greats — the innovation can be found in the seating that Josef Hoffman designed for Thonet, in the elegant Superleggera chair created by Gio Ponti and Alvar Aalto’s expressive Paimio armchair...

This is a beautiful dining set comprising an antique Victorian flame mahogany dining table, Circa 1860 in date and a beautiful set of ten William IV barback dining chairs, Circa 18...

This is a fabulous antique Victorian flame mahogany extending dining table, circa 1860 in date and a matching set of ten Chippendale Revival dining chairs. The table has three ori...

This is a fabulous antique Victorian oval flame mahogany extending dining table, circa 1860 in date and ten Regency revival chairs. The table has three original leaves, can comfort...

This is a fabulous antique Victorian oval mahogany extending dining table, circa 1860 in date and eight Regency Revival dining chairs. The table has two original leaves and can c...

This is a lovely antique Victorian dining suite comprising a burr walnut and marquetry loo table, circa 1860 in date, and a set of six Vintage b...

This is a superb large Victorian oval burr walnut Loo table, circa 1860 in date, with a set of four vintage balloon back chairs. The beau...

This is a magnificent dining set comprising a rare petite antique Victorian burr walnut extending dining table, C1870 in date with a Vintageset of six dining chairs, late 20th C in date. The table has been hand crafted from burr walnut and has two leaves can be added or removed as required to suit the occasion by a special winding mechanism, they can be easily removed and stored away when not required. It is raised on four turned tapering legs that are fitted with their original brass castors, this makes it easy to move when required. It is incredibly rare to find an original antique burr walnut...

Circa 1870 Large 19thC English elm with pine top refectory dining table Elm legs and stretchers, pine rails and top. Measures: W240 x H77cm x D84cm.  

There is no mistaking the style and sophisticated design of this exquisite dining set comprising a rare English antique Victorian pollard oak extending dining table, circa 1860 in da...