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Thonet
Biography Thonet opened his own cabinetmaking workshop in 1819, but it was in the early 1840s that he began experimenting with bending and gluing sticks of wood. Thus, in 1841, the first piece of furniture to use the bentwood technique saw the light of day: the Boppard Chair. During an exhibition at the Koblenz Fair (1841), the Chancellor of Vienna discovered Thonet's work and convinced him to move to Vienna with his family. Between 1843 and 1846, Thonet and his sons designed a parquet floor for Carl Leistler, and furnished the Liechtenstein Palace and the Schwarzenberg Palace. The company was renamed Gebrüder Thonet (Thonet Brothers) in 1853, in honor of Thonet's five sons, who inherited the business. In 1859, Thonet created Chair No. 14, a model known worldwide as the Viennese Coffeehouse Chair. Thanks to this design, Thonet was able to develop its wood-bending process for mass production. Selling over 50 million units by 1930, the No. 14 is the world's best-selling chair. In the 1860s, Gebrüder Thonet expanded and opened subsidiaries throughout Europe. The company's classic designs include Chair No. 04 for Café Daum (1849), Rocking Chair No. 1 (1860), No. 18 (1876), No. 209 (1900's) and Otto Wagner's 247 (1904). A source of inspiration for many designers, Thonet influenced Le Corbusier, Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos, Marcel Breuer, Alvar Aalto, Yngve Ekström, Otto Wagner and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. His innovation led to the creation of elegant, light, curvilinear designs, anticipating the minimalist forms of modernism. By the time Thonet died (1871), Gebrüder Thonet already had subsidiaries in many of Europe's major cities. Today, the company is known as Thonet GmbH and is headquartered in Frankenberg, Germany.
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Pair of vintage No. 18 dining chairs
€900Bid from €810
Pair of vintage Thonet n 28 heart chairs in green leatherette
€360
Vintage bentwood and cane chair by Michael Thonet, 1904
€320Bid from €288
Set of 4 vintage white No. 18 model chairs by Michael Thonet
€2,400€1,200Bid from €990
Vintage model B47 armchair in bent wood by Michael Thonet, 1920
€700Bid from €630
Set of 4 vintage curved dark oak dining chairs for Jitona, Czechoslovakia 1960
€990€800
Vintage bistro chairs in bent oak wood and plywood for Thonet, Czechoslovakia 1940
€240Bid from €180
Set of 4 vintage No. 811 chairs by Michael Thonet
€1,900Bid from €1,710
Pair of vintage No. 811 chairs by Michael Thonet
€900Bid from €810
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Vintage chairs n°18 by Michael Thonet
€2,400Bid from €1,990
Set of 4 vintage dining chairs bent beechin the a Style of Thonet, Austria 1970
€2,230€1,700Bid from €1,400
Vintage armchair in bentwood and gold velvet fabric for Ton, Czechoslovakia 1930
€490€350Bid from €280
Set of 4 vintage Thonet chairs, 1950s
€2,000Bid from €1,800
"Le Corbusier" vintage armchair in bentwood, 1920
€1,725Bid from €1,552.50
Set of 4 vintage "le corbusier" chairs in wood by Thonet, 1920
€2,500Bid from €2,250
Vintage bentwood chair by Thonet
€529Bid from €476.10
Vintage 209 bentwood chair by Michael Thonet
€480Bid from €432
Set of 4 vintage dining chairs in oakwood by Ton, Czechoslovakia 1960s
€1,240€600Bid from €500
Set of 4 vintage Thonet chairs model 14-1
€1,570Bid from €1,413
Set of 4 vintage dining chairs in dark oakwood by Ton, Czechoslovakia 1960s
€820€680Bid from €500
Vintage bentwood star piano stool
€450Bid from €405
Mid-century rocking armchair in blond oakwood by Ton, Czechoslovakia 1960s
€978€720Bid from €650
Mid century armchair in red fabric and blonde wood by Mier, Czechoslovakia 1960s
€619€410Bid from €350
Vintage Thonet rocking chair in cane
€1,090Bid from €981
Pair of vintage chairs No.218 by Michael Thonet
€900Bid from €810
Vintage Wide No. 218 chair by Michael Thonet
€800Bid from €720
Pair of vintage chairs No.18 "Wide" by Michael Thonet
€1,000Bid from €900
Set of 4 vintage velvet Thonet No. 18 dining chairs in dark brown
€2,700€2,200Bid from €1,800
Vintage Boomerang armchair by Ton, Czechoslovakia 1960s
€810€550Bid from €350
Vintage supervisor's chair in wood and fabric
€400Bid from €360
Vintage armchair with smooth wooden arms by Ton, Czech 1960
€710€420Bid from €350
Pair of vintage chrome-plated tubular steel armchairs by Thonet, Germany 1970
€1,495Bid from €1,345.50
Pair of vintage black chairs by Michael Thonet
€1,000€850Bid from €750
Set of 4 vintage chairs by Michael Thonet
€2,000€1,600Bid from €1,400
Vintage chair Ton 150 in beech wood and wicker
€160Bid from €144
Vintage No.18 black leather chair with armrests by Michael Thonet
€700Bid from €630
Vintage 210 P beech chair by Thonet
€560Bid from €504
Vintage round chrome-plated metal Bauhaus side table by Thonet, 1940
€1,540Bid from €1,386
Pair of vintage Regular Thonet Dining Chairs
€500Bid from €450
Pair of vintage dining chairs Thonet
€900Bid from €810
Vintage Bentwood Armchair by Michael Thonet
€1,000Bid from €900
Pair of vintage Thonet 207R dining chairs
€1,000€690Bid from €590
Vintage Thonet modernist stool 1930s
€300Bid from €270
Vintage Thonet Office Armchair In Oak, Czechoslovakia 1930s
€580€350Bid from €300
Vintage satin upholstered brass Rocking Chair by Thonet, 1940
€1,150Bid from €1,035
Vintage fabric and oak chair by Thonet, 1940
€375€250
Set of 4 wooden chairs by Thonet, 1930
€1,150Bid from €427.50
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