Chair without Armrests from Thonet

Description

The history of the iconic bentwood chair, simple and elegant, light and sturdy, begins with the work of the Austro-Hungarian … more The history of the iconic bentwood chair, simple and elegant, light and sturdy, begins with the work of the Austro-Hungarian cabinetmaker and carpenter Michael Thonet who, at the beginning of the 19th century, opened his first workshop on the left bank of the Rhine.

It was in 1859 that Thonet fine-tuned the design and experimented with an innovative technique whereby steam was used to soften the wood and give it the desired curvature. It was with chair No. 14, the so-called "Vienna Coffee House Chair" in solid beech wood, that the cabinetmaker achieved international fame in 1859. His production was based on a modular principle, in fact the chair was delivered to customers disassembled into its individual parts in a space-saving way.

The chair model shown here, the Hermann Czech, was designed for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna in 1994 by the Viennese designer of the same name. This piece has an attribution mark,
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