Rare series of four theater armchairs by Michael Thonet. Production 1870. Stamp and cartouche
Rare series of four theater chairs-armchairs by Michael Thonet from the 1870 production. Integre. In steam bent beech. With fire stamp and original cartouche of the manufacture. Max height 76, seat height 46, max width 41, depth. max 50 Steam-bent beech, stained and natural. Polished with shellac with pad. Intact objects with fine polishing with shellac with pad. Tibro and cartouche of the manufacture. Vienna ca 1870 History of the prestigious Thonet manufacture. In the 1830s, Thonet experimented with strips of veneer softened in hot glue before inventing "bentwood furniture". In 1842, Prince Metternich, struck by the talent of the & rsq