Thonet Mundus sales catalog from Vienna, 1937
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From the category archives:
Thonet
Inspecting old posts here on the blog results in many new posts. Here is the Thonet Chair Café Daum. Still available at Thonet Australia
Designer: Thonet
Finishes Walnut and Dark Oak
Dimensions in mm H 890, D 550, W 420 Seat H 460
Thonet’s first independent commission in 1849, resulted in this design for the Café Daum in Vienna. Today it is
recognised as the quintessential society cafe chair. European beech frame, beech ply seat. Seat pad an option.
That’s nice. Isn’t it?
However, whenever you are looking for a Thonet chair, you shouldn’t forget to check the sites of the connoisseurs. I checked the German language site of Swiss Thonet specialist Dieter Staedeli. Currently he has this photo of a Thonet no 4:
and has following observation:
The chair Thonet designed for Café Daum which became became the Thonet no 4 later didn’t have additional leg stabilization
Now I’m a bit confused: I see two differences: The leg stabilisation and the form of the seat. Which in the Staedeli photo is made of two round bentwood parts. Also it misses the additional seat-back stabilisator….
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Currently this Armchair designed by Adolf Loos for Café Capua and manufactured by Thonet is for sale at a Dorotheum auction in Vienna, scheduled for March 15. Estimate € 1.200,- to € 1.500,-
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Inspired by the EU directive to phase out low efficiency light bulbs by 2012, In Praise of Shadows explores the designer’s response to lighting, shadow and efficiency. Drawing together works by designers from across the EU, this project brings humour and beauty to the challenge of energy and light efficiency, and explores the potential of alternative energy sources.This display is commissioned by the European Union National Institute for Culture (EUNIC) and curated by Jane Withers and includes work by Drift, Pieke Bergmans and also Loop.pH, with films by French eco activists Clan du Neon.
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Bentwood Rocking Chair after a design by Thonet.
Estimate * £800 – £1,200 ($1,216 – $1,824)
Sale 5903, christie’s interiors 19 May 2009
London, South Kensington
At Christie’s
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Designer: Michael Thonet
c. 1870
Description: Rocking chair with a dark wooden frame, and cane seat and back.
History: This is a replica of the 1870 design. The rocking chair was relatively unheard of in Europe until Thonet designed this piece.
Museum Collections: (University of Dundee)
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Thonet S 32 Mart Stam and Marcel Breuer
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Recently I featured this model 81 and now a used one has been sold at Christies:
GEBRUDER THONET MODEL 81 ARMCHAIR
Price Realized * £875 * ($1,737)
Estimate * £800 – £1,200 ($1,588 – $2,382)Sale 5337
modern design
4 March 2008
London, South KensingtonGEBRUDER THONET
MODEL 81 ARMCHAIR
circa 1900, for Thonet, bentwood and cane 82cm. high
GEBRUDER THONET | Fine Art Auction | Lot Details | Christie’s
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Thonet Rocking Chair no 3. Almost a baroque one!
La Stanza del Re. is an antique dealer based in Milan, Italy. He specializes in Thonet and other 19th century – beginning of 20th century bentwood chairs.
This brings the Thonet specialists featured here to three. The other two being Basel, Switzerland, based Dieter Staedli and Paris, France, based Manuel Guillaume of Au bon Usage
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