Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Recently I featured this model 81 and a used one has been sold at Christies at March 04, 2008:
GEBRUDER THONET MODEL 81 ARMCHAIR
Price Realized £875 ($1,737)
Estimate £800 – £1,200 ($1,588 – $2,382)Sale 5337 modern design 4 March 2008 London, South Kensington
GEBRUDER THONET MODEL 81 ARMCHAIR
circa 1900, for Thonet, bentwood and cane 82cm. high
Via Christie’s
Thonet Rocking Chair no 3. Almost a baroque one!
La Stanza del Re. is an antique dealer based in Milan, Italy. He specializes in Thonet and other 19th century – beginning of 20th century bentwood chairs.
This brings the Thonet specialists featured here to three. The other two being Basel, Switzerland, based Dieter Staedli and Paris, France, based Manuel Guillaume of Au bon Usage
Update:
Commenter Geert Vanhoutte kindly informed us:
Sadly enough the owner of the shop “La stanza del Re” in Milan has closed his shop and sold all his pieces. There’s another antique store specialized in Thonet that is not mentioned here: Ulrich Fries, Bleibtreustrasse 53, 10623 Berlin. He’s been selling antique Thonet furniture for many decades and has the largest stock in the world I think. Well worth a visit ! It’s a pity he doesn’t have a website. There’s also an antique store in Vienna “City-Antik”, but they are only selling over-restored (ruïned) pieces at overrated prices…
Time for a photo of a nice Thonet chair: The no 81 armchair.
404 wood series chairs by stefan diez, produced by thonet Actually this is the 404 F
Via Designboom
Wagner, Otto (1841-1918)
Sale Title MODERN DESIGN Location London, South Kensington Sale Date Mar 04, 2008 Lot Number 0195 Sale Number 5337
Creator SIDE CHAIR Lot Title OTTO WAGNER
Estimate 800 – 1,200 British pounds
designed 1906, manufactured by Thonet, for use in the Deposits Office of the Österreichische Postsparkasse, Vienna 89cm. high
via LotFinder