Bentwood Dining Room Tables

An early 20th century French bentwood table crafted in the Thonet manner, sourced in Provence, France. The table features elegantly arched supports joined by a slender metal stretche...

Table designed in the manner of Alvar Aalto's iconic bentwood aesthetic, manufactured by Danish maker Farstrup Møbler. The rectangular top features beveled edges and showcases a warm...

Danish, 2000's Alvar Aalto style desk or dining table designed with square tables with bentwood legs. Made by Farstrup Møbler. In original condition with four individual legs and be...

The Dining Table No. 3 of the Fluentem Series is a piece where the makers have focused on detailed elements of the minimally designed piece; balancing on two points. The Studio has ...

The Aalto Table conveys a relaxed familiarity that resists categorisation. With legs and edge-bands of Finnish birch, it radiates natural beauty and warmth, moving easily between p...

Bistro dining table in bentwood and cane 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 some places. The stained beech wood has discoloration. Cane in the table top is good. 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...

Bentwood (19th/20th Century) walnut stained cafe / breakfast table with cross leg design base and round oak top. Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use

Dining table designed by Alvar Aalto, for Artek. The table features a rectangular blue laminate top that sits atop bent birch wood legs. This design features Aalto’s signature metho...

Thonet dining table for 4 people with glass top in very nice original condition.

Polished brass based, white lacquered wood pedestal with three-ring design, and wood top with honey-walnut finish. Original design by Jhon Ortiz. The table has a grandiose presence a...

Bentwood (19/20th Century) double pedestal base walnut stained dining table with rounded ends and fluted trimmed apron.

Rare 1970s Bill Stephens design for Knoll. Features beautiful wood grain and bentwood legs. This MCM/transitional design allows so many possibilities for chairs! Solid hardwood. Very...

A stunning art deco style mahogany table, sure to impress your guests for years to come. A large tabletop provides plenty of room for anything from dinner parties to board meetings. ...

Embodying sophisticated elegance and sleek aesthetic, we present this spectacular Italian modernist Carlo Mollino (1905-1973) design dining table. After the important original circa ...

Selene, in Greek, means the moon, is a dining table crafted by bending solid Ash wood. The studio tried to mimic the design elements of nature. All the forms at the base are genteell...

French Louis XV-Style Walnut Side Table, Circa 1880 - Sculptural Floral Carving, 19th Century Decorative Furniture DESCRIPTION This refined French side table, dating to the circa 18...

Modern & Unique Richard Shapiro Studiolo Dining Table made with epoxied pig skin table top & wood table. Wood lacquered with a black finish.

This mid century modern dining table features hardwood construction, maple veneer with original finish, one leaf for added space, atop bentwood legs.

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Bentwood (19/20th Century) stripped double pedestal base dining table with cross leg design.

Handmade custom dining table. Raw organic unstained. Sculptural bentwood legs with small iron stretcher in the center. Does not include top. We currentl...

1950’s Low Occasional Side Table By Tatra Pravenec 1950’s Low Occasional Side Table By Tatra Pravenec. Produced by Tatra Pravenec in the Czech Republic. Czech design will always be ...