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    Michael Thonet (2 July 1796 – 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture. Thonet was the son of the...
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  • Thonet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anne Bonnet, née Thonet (1908–1960), Belgian painter Michael Thonet (1796–1871), German–Austrian...
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    No. 14 chair (redirect from Thonet chair)
    most famous chair made by the Thonet chair company. Also known as the 'bistro chair', it was designed by Michael Thonet and introduced in 1859, becoming...
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    company was founded by Michael Thonet in Vienna by transferring the company Thonet to his sons under the new name Gebrüder Thonet in 1853. In 1856 the brothers...
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    chair, and was displayed at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851. Michael Thonet, a German craftsman, created the first bentwood rocking chair in 1860...
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  • minimally ornamented chairs. One of the most famous of those chairs is the Michael Thonet bentwood No. 14 chair (bistro chair), created in 1859. It has revolutionized...
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  • Gustav Stickley (1858–1942) Bill Stumpf (1936–2006) Sympson (fl. 1660s) Michael Thonet (1796–1871) Matteo Thun (born 1952) Frederick William Tod (1879–1958)...
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  • chair), the archetypal bentwood side chair originally made by the Gebrüder Thonet chair company of Germany in the 19th century, and widely copied and popular...
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  • Steinway – pianos Baron Raimund von Stillfried – photos Gebrüder Thonet – furniture Michael Thonet – furniture Charles Lewis Tiffany – jewelry and silverware...
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    On permanent display there are exhibits about the town's history, Michael Thonet and his bentwood furniture, the composer Engelbert Humperdinck and other...
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    Chiavarina declined following the introduction of the Austrian chairs of Michael Thonet which were mass-produced, less expensive, and consisting of few elements...
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    1869) July 2 François Fulgis Chevallier, French botanist (d. 1840) Michael Thonet, German-Austrian cabinet maker (d. 1871) July 3 – Heinrich Moritz Chalybäus...
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    glue-laminated wooden strips. However, in 1830 the famous furniture designer Michael Thonet had already begun to experiment with the gluing of veneer layers. He...
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    Aalto, Verner Panton, Dieter Rams, Jean Prouvé, Richard Hutten and Michael Thonet. It is one of the world's largest collections of modern furniture design...
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  • Sophia Hawthorne, American painter and illustrator (born 1809) March 3 – Michael Thonet, German-Austrian furniture designer (born 1796) March – Emma Fürstenhoff...
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    manufacture of wooden furniture such as the Windsor chair and much of Michael Thonet's and Alvar Aalto's work. Steam bending is a traditional process steeped...
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    Siccardsburg – Austrian architect, designed the Vienna State Opera Michael Thonet – German-Austrian cabinet maker Eduard van der Nüll – Austrian architect...
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  • June Paul Camille von Denis, German businessman (died 1872) 2 July Michael Thonet, German-Austrian cabinet maker (died 1871) 3 July – Heinrich Moritz...
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    of artistic jewelry and furnitures (e.g. the collection of chairs of Michael Thonet) are exhibited. The Bavarian State collection of work on paper has its...
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    Taylor-Johnson, Antoni Tàpies, Hale Tenger, Cansu Terzibal, Herbert von Thaden, Michael Thonet, Wolfgang Tillmans, Marco Tirelli, İrem Tok, Tip Toland, Nikolay Tolmachev...
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  • time had Michael Thonet under contract. Thonet also created a series of intricate marquetry floors for the palace. Desvignes supported Thonet for two years...
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    His Model No. 404 chair was influenced by the work of Michael Thonet, and is produced by Thonet. Many of his products have received international design...
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  • of the head, umbrella, and a bentwood rocker of a type designed by Michael Thonet. When The Sister Chapel was first shown, Marianne Moore was identified...
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    Cologne Zoological Garden Georg Thonet, (1909-2005), entrepreneur, great-grandson of Michael Thonet, built the Thonet firm back up after the Second World...
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    mentioned as one of the first three townships in Austria-Hungary. In 1869 Michael Thonet created a factory for bentwood furniture. In the village, there is an...
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    the mid-19th century, a spa was here. In 1861, German industrialists Michael Thonet and his son August established the largest factory for bentwood furniture...
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  • Christopher Dresser (1834–1904) Edward William Godwin (1833–1886) sideboard Thonet Bentwood Also known as Vienna Secessionist in Austria, Jugendstil in Germany...
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  • June 30 – Antonin Moine, French romantic sculptor (died 1849) July 2 – Michael Thonet, German-born furniture designer (died 1871) July 3 – Maria Martin, American...
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    amongst them the dramatist Ludwig Anzengruber and the furniture manufacturer Thonet, in order to offer a popular counter weight to the Hofburgtheater. It was...
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  • Dwight Hiscano; Michael Henderson; Ned Kirby; Cinny MacGonagle; Chief Vincent Mann; Sergio Moncada; Hon. Michael A. Soriano; John Thonet, P.E., P.P.; Ashwani...
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