Home Page PAIR OF BENTWOOD CHAIRS MADE BY THONET. These chairs are open back with spars and have a floral design on the seat. SOLD Buyer to arrange collection. Location - Aberdeen, Scotland. E-mail me if you wish to buy or enquire. Click here

1830  Michael Thonet experimented with bending steamed wood to create furniture; Thonet and his sons began to produce innovative "bentwood" furniture, which became known for being practical, inexpensive and refined. 1856  The Model No. 14, which became Thonet's most famous chair design, was developed in the Boppard workshop. 1857 Gebruder Thonet received a patent for the bentwood process of manufacturing; the Thonet family had perfected assembly-line production, becoming a major manufacturer of bentwood furniture.