No. 14 chair

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No. 14 Chair

Designer : Michael Thonet

Date : 1860

Country : Austria

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 Central Europe. It was also known as the Bistro Chair. The unique technology of wood profile bending heated by steam made it the best-selling chair 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 cane/palm, because as this was a cafe chair the holes in the chair would let spilt liquid drain off the chair.