Tuesday, 4 March 2014

No. 14 Chair “The Thonet chair”

 Image by © Holger Ellgaard



   It’s the most famous chair made by Michael Thonet. It was one of a kind at his time of invention. It’s called No. 14 or better known as Konsumstuhl No. 14 still called “chairs of chairs”. Thonet’s No. 14 was made of six pieces of steam-bent wood, ten screws, and two nuts. The wooden parts were made by heating beech wood slats to 100 degrees Celsius. This chair sold almost 50 million since 1859-1930 and more.



 Image by © Yelkrokovade






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