Bentwood Furniture
1970s Danish Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Leather, Fabric, Faux Leather, Bentwood
20th Century Bentwood Furniture
Faux Leather, Maple, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Bentwood
1890s French Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
20th Century German Folk Art Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Bentwood
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Beech, Bentwood, Plywood
1950s Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Teak, Bentwood
Early 20th Century European Modern Bentwood Furniture
Birch, Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
20th Century American Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bouclé, Upholstery, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Bentwood
1990s Austrian Post-Modern Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1930s Austrian Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Beech, Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Early 1900s Czech Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1910s Czech Vienna Secession Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Bentwood Furniture
Burl, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Wool, Bentwood, Plywood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Upholstery, Oak, Bentwood
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Mahogany, Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood, Beech
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood, Plywood, Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Brass
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood, Plywood
Early 20th Century Czech Arts and Crafts Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Fabric, Bentwood
1890s Polish Victorian Antique Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Bentwood
1960s European Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Cane, Bentwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Aluminum, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Bentwood Furniture
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood, Fabric
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bentwood Furniture
Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Plywood, Beech, Bentwood
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Wood, Bentwood
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Bentwood Furniture
Beech, Bentwood
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Birch, Bentwood
Antique, New and Vintage Bentwood Furniture
Antique, new and vintage bentwood furniture has become very popular in interiors over the years. Today bentwood chairs, tables, sofas and pendants are receiving striking modern interpretations from makers like Thonet, which are being carried on by the next generation.
Bentwood furniture dates as far back as the Middle Ages, but it is the 19th-century German-Austrian cabinetmaker Michael Thonet who is most often associated with this now-classic technique. Thonet in 1856 patented a method for bending solid wood through the use of steam, and from there the bentwood look skyrocketed to furniture fame. Bentwood was embraced by design greats ranging from Josef Hoffmann to Gio Ponti, and Adolf Loos to Alvar Aalto for its versatility, timelessness and simple elegance.
In the Czech Republic — home to a range of talented but unsung mid-century modern and Art Deco designers — the company TON held a bentwood furniture exhibition in Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Villa Tugendhat in recent years. TON manufactures their bentwood furniture in the same workshops where Michael Thonet set up his operations in the 1800s.
Sophisticated bentwood furniture designs include Alvar Aalto’s cantilever lounge chairs, Italian designer Luigi Crassevig’s 1970s rocking chairs — which feature cane seats — curvaceous hanging lamps and other lighting by Spanish architect José Antonio Coderch and lots more.
Find a collection of antique, new and vintage bentwood furniture on 1stDibs.