Thonet Vienna

Gebrüder thonet vienna.

Thonet vienna. The bentwood and beyond exhibition at the mak. Gebrüder thonet vienna gmbh prinz eugen strasse 42 1040 wien österreich offices of the trademarks licencee production furniture international s p a via vincenzo vela 35 b 10128 torino italy tel. Thonet s vienna coffee house chair is a design icon. Storagemilano 2020 distinctively asserting its modernity gebrüder thonet vienna has adopted its archetypes bent wood and woven cane to design nyny a piece of furniture with a strong emotional dimension capable of imposing itself in space as the absolute protagonist of the scene.

The company was founded by michael thonet in vienna by transferring the company thonet to his sons under the new name gebrüder thonet in 1853. In 1976 thonet was divided into a german and an austrian company thonet vienna. Michael thonet 1796 1871 and his five children were the most successful manufacturers of furniture in the industrial age. Today a museum in the factory in frankenberg showcases the firm s history and the thonet design.

As michael thonet died 1871 in vienna the fa. Having been invited to develop a patent in austria by chancellor metternich who had seen his products at the exhibition held by the society of friends of arts in koblenz in 1842 michael thonet left boppard to settle in vienna where in 1853 he founded the company. New sölden chairs armchairs design. Nyny storage units and bookcases span design.

In 1856 the brothers expanded with a furniture factory in koryčany and in the next years five more central european production sites were established in bystřice pod hostýnem 1862. Enter any café in vienna and you ll likely see a bentwood chair often a little faded with the ravages of time and a million drops of spilled coffee. Gebrüder thonet had sales locations across europe as well as chicago and new york. The world famous chair s unique success story started 160 years ago.

14 design is feted as the original viennese coffeehouse chair.