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No. 1 Chair

No. 1 Chair

Michael Thonet

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€808,00
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Chair designed by Michael Thonet, 1849.

One of the most iconic chairs of nineteenth-century design, Chair No. 1 is distinguished by the light, elegant and sinuous lines that give it a timeless quality. Made from solid bent beech, it belongs to the early phase of Thonet’s pioneering research into bentwood. The Vienna straw seat is set into a dark walnut-stained wooden frame, completing the chair’s refined simplicity.

Design: 1849
Production: 2006
Dimensions: W 42 × D 49.5 × H 92.5 cm
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Michael Thonet

Michael Thonet

Michael Thonet was born in Boppard in 1796 and was a German cabinetmaker and entrepreneur, a pioneer of industrial furniture production. From the 1830s, he experimented with new techniques for bending wood, culminating in the invention of steam-bent wood. After moving to Vienna, he developed a production system that combined craftsmanship with serial manufacturing. With the No. 14 chair, designed for Viennese cafés, Thonet introduced a furniture model tailored for public spaces, laying the foundations of modern design for communal use.
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