No. 14 chair
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The No. 14 chair is the most famous chair made by the Thonet chair company. Also known as the "bistro chair", it was designed in the Austrian Empire by Michael Thonet and introduced in 1859, becoming
Michael Thonet 14
Original version without braces showing the cane seat
A 1961 plastic-composite knock-off
Bentwood
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Bentwood objects are made by wetting wood, then bending it and letting it harden into curved shapes and patterns.
No. 14 chair
…designed in the Austrian Empire by Michael Thonet and introduced in 1859, becoming the world's first mass-produced item of furniture. It is made using bent wood (steam-bending), and the design required years to perfect. With its affordable price and simple design, it became one of the best-selling chairs ever…
Cradle by Gebrüder Thonet (c. 1870)
A red cedar Tsimshian bentwood box dating from the 1880s, on display at the UBC Museum of Anthropology