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Nineteenth-Century American Furniture Styles

Bentwood and Michael Thonet (c.1840-present)

Michael Thonet (pronounced “Tone-it”) was a Viennese furniture maker of the nineteenth century. As early as 1830, Thonet was experimenting with different ways of making inexpensive furniture.

Bentwood and Michael Thonet (c.1840-present)

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