Bentwood Dining Chairs, Five Ways

Bentwood chairs are classic dining room decor, whether it's Thonet's long-standing and best-selling #14, a knockoff, or a more recent incarnation of this old cafe staple. For five different approaches, click through...

• In a spare, Deco-inspired home: Natalie's Art Deco Apartment
• In a tiled French country house: Thonet Bentwood Chair
• Hanging on the wall in a cafe: #14 by Thonet
• Painted and mismatched: Camilla's Armadale Abode
• As a desk chair: Thonet #33

For more history of Thonet's bentwood chairs, click here and here. If you feel inspired to take your own shots, the Thonet company is currently holding a photo competition for its #14 chair. For details, click here.

Photos: Amanda Prior & Real Living Magazine, Laure Joliet, Thonet, Jenny Butler, Thonet

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Ah! I am obsessed with bentwood from Stendig to Thonet. I found three bentwood armchairs on the street within a week of each other and called it my interior design fate, I re-caned two and have yet to tackle the oldest hand caned chair of the bunch. Getty Images had a little thing about bentwood a while ago: http://blog.gettyimages.com/2009/08/28/what-has-four-legs-curves-up-the-wazoo/

posted by Sam H on October 1st 2009 at 9:44am
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