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. In 1841, he was granted patents in England, Belgium, and France for new methods of working with wood. The Austrian government asked him to move to Vienna, where […]