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SEVEN SIDE CHAIRS

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SEVEN SIDE CHAIRS
Comprising: A SET OF FOUR STAINED BEECH BENTWOOD SIDE CHAIRS by Thonet and with solid seats; AN EBONISED SIDE CHAIR with pierced back and distressed rush seat; A STAINED SIDE CHAIR with curved tablet toprail above a solid seat; and AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR with pierced trellis-filled back (7)

拍场告示

One Thonet chair is lacking its solid seat.

拍品专文

The firm started by Michael Thonet in Vienna has been described as 'the father of furniture mass production in bentwood.'. Thonet boasted of making chairs without the use of glue and he was a dominant late 19th Century chairmaker across central Europe (C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Woodbridge, 1981, pp. 332-3).