Michael Thonet 1796 - 1871
Michael Thonet creates furniture which is in most cases easily constructed using industrial methods. He was one of the first furniture designers to experiment in the bending of wood. His designs seem to almost reflect a simplified Art Nouveau style, curving flowing lines seem to replicate flower stems - Thonet has taken this styling which in some cases could be quite labor intensive and simplified the construction to suit Industrial production which would have been taking hold during his period of design, the no 14. chair is a good example of this, it is simple in it's construction and can be transported easily in pieces and reassembled at it's desired location, this allowed the chair to be easily shipped all over the world contributing to its immense success.
Table made for London's Great exhibition(1951)
Simple chair (1865)
Michael Thonet creates furniture which is in most cases easily constructed using industrial methods. He was one of the first furniture designers to experiment in the bending of wood. His designs seem to almost reflect a simplified Art Nouveau style, curving flowing lines seem to replicate flower stems - Thonet has taken this styling which in some cases could be quite labor intensive and simplified the construction to suit Industrial production which would have been taking hold during his period of design, the no 14. chair is a good example of this, it is simple in it's construction and can be transported easily in pieces and reassembled at it's desired location, this allowed the chair to be easily shipped all over the world contributing to its immense success.
Table made for London's Great exhibition(1951)
Simple chair (1865)
Chair No. 1 (1865)
Rocking chair No. 1 (1865)
No 14. Chair (1860)Hans Wegner 1914 - 2007
Dutch designer Hans Wegner's furniture designs contain anthropomorphic tendencies. Organic forms and patterns are common throughout his pieces poignantly expressed through the Peacock and Ox Chairs.
The Ox Chair (1960)
Y-Chair (1950)
The Peacock Chair (1947)
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