Bentwood chair
manner of Michael Thonet (1796-1871)
Category
Furniture
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Bent beech
Place of origin
Germany
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1403247
Summary
A matched set of twelve 'No.14 bentwood' beech chairs, after a design by Charles Thonet, circa 1900 With a double hooped back and circular incised seat, some with pierced seat, on turned legs tied by a circular stretcher.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
manner of Michael Thonet (1796-1871), furniture manufacturer