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Gebrüder Thonet
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Gebrüder Thonet or the Thonet Brothers was a European furniture manufacturer. Three firms descended from the original company remain active today, in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.
Cradle by Gebrüder Thonet (c. 1870)
Cradle by Gebrüder Thonet (c. 1870)
Thonet chairs Wien museum Karlplatz
Thonet chairs Wien museum Karlplatz
Thonet-exhibition
Thonet-exhibition
Thonet rocking chair
Thonet rocking chair
Bentwood
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Bentwood objects are made by wetting wood, then bending it and letting it harden into curved shapes and patterns.
Gebrüder Thonet
…today, in Germany (Thonet GmbH), Austria (Thonet Vienna) and the Czech Republic (TON). Gebrüder Thonet were particularly known for their manufacture of bentwood furniture, for which they had developed the first industrial-scale production processes. These replaced previous individual craft skills with an…
No. 14 chair
No. 14 chair
A red cedar Tsimshian bentwood box dating from the 1880s, on display at the UBC Museum of Anthropology
A red cedar Tsimshian bentwood box dating from the 1880s, on display at the UBC Museum of Anthropology