Bentwood Furniture
21st Century and Contemporary American Bentwood Furniture
Resin, Wood, Bentwood, Paper
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century French Empire Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Rustic Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Textile, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Iron
Early 20th Century Danish Bentwood Furniture
Linen, Bentwood
1930s Austrian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Milk Glass, Laminate, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Iron
Early 2000s Chinese Baltic Bentwood Furniture
Silk, Bentwood
1990s European Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1910s Austrian Belle Époque Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
2010s Italian Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Brass
2010s North American Modern Bentwood Furniture
Copper, Foil
1960s European Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1880s Austrian Napoleon III Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Brass
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Antique, New and Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Antique, new and vintage bentwood furniture has become very popular in interiors over the years. Today bentwood chairs, tables, sofas and pendants are receiving striking modern interpretations from makers like Thonet, which are being carried on by the next generation.
Bentwood furniture dates as far back as the Middle Ages, but it is the 19th-century German-Austrian cabinetmaker Michael Thonet who is most often associated with this now-classic technique. Thonet in 1856 patented a method for bending solid wood through the use of steam, and from there the bentwood look skyrocketed to furniture fame. Bentwood was embraced by design greats ranging from Josef Hoffmann to Gio Ponti, and Adolf Loos to Alvar Aalto for its versatility, timelessness and simple elegance.
In the Czech Republic — home to a range of talented but unsung mid-century modern and Art Deco designers — the company TON held a bentwood furniture exhibition in Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Villa Tugendhat in recent years. TON manufactures their bentwood furniture in the same workshops where Michael Thonet set up his operations in the 1800s.
Sophisticated bentwood furniture designs include Alvar Aalto’s cantilever lounge chairs, Italian designer Luigi Crassevig’s 1970s rocking chairs — which feature cane seats — curvaceous hanging lamps and other lighting by Spanish architect José Antonio Coderch and lots more.
Find a collection of antique, new and vintage bentwood furniture on 1stDibs.





