No. 14 chair

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No. 14 Chair
No. 14 chair
Designer : Michael Thonet
Date : 1860
Country : France
Materials : Wood, Steam-bent Beechwood, 10 screws, and 2 nuts.
Style/Tradition : Classic
Dimensions:
Colours : Light brown wood.

The No. 14 chair is the most famous chair made by the Thonet chair company in the 19th century in Middle Europe. It was also known as the Bistro Chair. The unique technology of wood profile bending heated by steam made it one of the best-selling chairs ever designed.

Thonet’s No. 14 is made of six pieces of steam-bent wood, ten screws, and two nuts. It could be taken apart easily so it was similar to flat pack Ikea furniture. It was a response to a requirement for cafe-style chairs. Over 15 million were sold between 1860 and 1930. The seat would often be made out of woven raffia, because as this was a cafe chair the holes in the chair would let spilt liquid drain off the chair.

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