Lot 382: L382 ANTIQUE THONET BENTWOOD AND CANE CHILDS ROCKING CHAIR

We are please to offer this Child's Bentwood & Wicker Cane Thonet Rocking Chair. The seat and back have been professionally recaned. Missing the front stretcher, easily replaced. The chair is unmarked, and does have age appropriate wear. Michael Thonet (1796-1871), german, is considered the inventor of the process of bentwood production, characterized by flowing forms and the resulting lightweight product. Michael Thonet opened his furniture cabinetry workshop in 1819 in a rural austrian town and in 1830 he experimented with bending steamed wood to create furniture. He founded the the austrian company Gebrueder Thonet in 1853. In 1856 he received a patent for the process of bentwood manufacturing. Thonet and his five sons began to produce innovative bentwood furniture, which became known for being practical, inexpensive and refined. The Thonet family had 52 assembly-line production factories in Europe by 1900, and was the world's major manufacturer of bentwood furniture. Research Consulted: Showplace Antique & Design Center, NYC, Lot 1481, July 17, 2007; Thonet, Class Furniture in Bent Wood and Tubular Steel by Alexander von Vegesack

L: 18.75 W: 32 H: 26 LB: 8 OZ: 10

age expected wear

From a recent Road Show Picker trip to Columbus Ohio -- various estates.