Michael Thonet (2 July 1796 – 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture. Thonet was the son of the...
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Thonet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anne Bonnet, née Thonet (1908–1960), Belgian painter Michael Thonet (1796–1871), German–Austrian...
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No. 14 chair (redirect from Thonet chair)
most famous chair made by the Thonet chair company. Also known as the 'bistro chair', it was designed by Michael Thonet and introduced in 1859, becoming...
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company was founded by Michael Thonet in Vienna by transferring the company Thonet to his sons under the new name Gebrüder Thonet in 1853. In 1856 the brothers...
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chair, and was displayed at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851. Michael Thonet, a German craftsman, created the first bentwood rocking chair in 1860...
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minimally ornamented chairs. One of the most famous of those chairs is the Michael Thonet bentwood No. 14 chair (bistro chair), created in 1859. It has revolutionized...
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Gustav Stickley (1858–1942) Bill Stumpf (1936–2006) Sympson (fl. 1660s) Michael Thonet (1796–1871) Matteo Thun (born 1952) Frederick William Tod (1879–1958)...
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Steinway – pianos Baron Raimund von Stillfried – photos Gebrüder Thonet – furniture Michael Thonet – furniture Charles Lewis Tiffany – jewelry and silverware...
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On permanent display there are exhibits about the town's history, Michael Thonet and his bentwood furniture, the composer Engelbert Humperdinck and other...
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chair), the archetypal bentwood side chair originally made by the Gebrüder Thonet chair company of Germany in the 19th century, and widely copied and popular...
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