Pair of vintage bentwood Thonet style chairs in Violet. Classic timeless design. This amazing color is very rare. The pair is signed underneath made in Romania where Thonet had factories. The seat upholstery is a vinyl.

"Thonet had two workshops and 100 employees in Vienna, but even these facilities couldn’t keep up with demand. Gebrüder Thonet embarked on its mission to replace workshops with factories, starting with a desire to secure a superior supply of raw materials. So far, the company made its chairs from tropical woods like mahogany, but in the forests of Moravia, Thonet and company noted an abundance of Copper beech, which could hold up to their steaming and bending techniques.

The company built five factories near beech forests in what are now the Czech Republic and Romania. Crucially, they did not require much skilled labor. The sites relied on local men and women to steam, bend, mold, and sand the material — no sophisticated mortise-and-tenon joining or carving required. The company’s factory in Koritschan, employing 300 workers, was able to produce 50,000 chairs a year."

Dimensions

Height: 32 in. (81.28 cm)

Width: 21.25 in. (53.98 cm)

Depth: 22 in. (55.88 cm)

Seat Height: 19 in. (48.26 cm)

Condition

Good