Thonet 214 Bentwood Chair
214 BENTWOOD CHAIR
214 BENTWOOD CHAIR
Designed by Michael Thonet, 1859
The famous coffee house chair is an icon and considered the most successful mass-produced product in the world to date: it initiated the history of modern furniture.
The basis was a new technique – the bending of solid wood – that Michael Thonet developed and perfected during the 1850s, and it was the first time serial furniture production was possible.
And then there was an ingenious distribution model: 36 disassembled chairs could be packed into a one cubic metre box, shipped throughout the world and then assembled on site.
With its clear, reduced aesthetics, this classic has been used in a wide variety of settings for more than 150 years.
Sustainability: the wood for the 214 is sourced from sustainably managed forests.
DESIGNER
MICHAEL THONET
With the invention of bentwood furniture, Michael Thonet laid the cornerstone of industrial production. He was born in 1796 in Boppard/Rhine, where he opened his own workshop in 1819.
In 1842 Prince Metternich summoned him to Vienna. Together with his sons he founded a company in 1849; within a short amount of time it became globally successful and expanded rapidly.
More than 865,000 bentwood chairs per year were produced in today's Czech Republic, Hungary, and Russia. Michael Thonet died in Vienna in 1871; his sons then took over the company.
During the 1930s, Thonet was committed to the construction and technology of tubular steel furniture and quickly became the largest manufacturer in the world.
World War II represented a harsh caesura: the plants in the eastern regions were disowned. The facility in Frankenberg (Germany), founded in 1889, has been the corporate headquarter and production site since then.
INFORMATION
PRODUCT TYPE
Chair
BRAND
Thonet
GLIDERS
Synthetic Material
WEIGHT
2.7 kg
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DIMENSIONS
- Height : 84 cm
- Width : 43 cm
- Depth : 52 cm
- Seat Height : 46 cm
GET INSPIRED
A good piece of furniture lives from its versatility. That is why we rely on functional designs that can be used in a variety of application concepts - see for yourself.
DESIGNER
Michael Thonet
DESIGNE YEAR
1859
FRAME
Beech, varnished
REINFORCING SYNTHETIC MESH
Yes
DETAIL
Thanks to its exceptional quality and timeless aesthetics, it’s also extremely long-lasting and repairs can easily be made at any time. All of these features were enough to convince the jury of the German Sustainability Award to name our successful model, which has survived more than 160 years of various fashions and trends, a winner in the Design category for 2021.