214 P / 214P Bentwodd Chair - Café chair Thonet

Mirror upholstery: 214 P coffee house chair by ThonetThe

most successful industrial product in the world - the famous coffee house chair by Thonet is an icon and marks the beginning of modern furniture design. It is based on the technique of bending solid wood, which Michael Thonet tested and perfected at the end of the 1850s.

Its clear, minimalist aesthetic has made this classic

chair

increasingly popular for over 150 years and makes it the perfect chair for a wide variety of settings. It is produced in Frankenberg and is available in different versions.

Designer Michael ThonetMichael

Thonet was born in Boppard am Rhein in 1796, where he also opened his own workshop in 1819, from which the world-famous manufacturer Thonet emerged. It is still owned by the family, now in the 5th generation. Michael Thonet was a master cabinetmaker and is regarded as a pioneer of modern furniture production and design. At the beginning of his working life, he was intensively involved with the possibilities of bent wood and, as a result, he was also concerned with the technically economical realisation of late Biedermeier furniture forms and their industrial use.

Thonet - 200 years of traditionThe

Frankenberg-based manufacturer stands for consistency and the irrepressible urge to innovate. Thonet was the first manufacturer to bring bentwood furniture onto the market and to sell tubular steel furniture. Michael Thonet founded his own workshop in Boppard am Rhein in 1819. In the 1830s, he experimented with veneer strips boiled in glue and is therefore regarded as the inventor of "bentwood furniture". in 1842, he was invited to Vienna by the Austrian State Chancellor Prince Metternich and the coffee house culture there laid the foundation for Thonet's later success. With this innovative spirit, it is not surprising that Thonet also cultivated links with the Bauhaus and Marcel Breuer. Thonet implemented Breuer's experiments with cold-bent tubular steel and produced the well-known cantilever chairs.

Material and formatThe

• Remix 2: 90% pure new wool, 10% nylon
• Hallingdal 65: 70% new wool, 30% viscose
• Leather