Thonet prayer Chair
bugholzmoebel:
Thonet prayer chair in original unrestored condition
(Source: http://bugholzmoebel.at)
Tag: Thonet
Mystery Thonet Bentwood Chair – Some Similarity with Thonet no 28
Unusual shape
The stamp reads Thonet Austria
And the paper label says Thonet Vienna
One of our readers asks if there are more details known of this Thonet Austria bentwood chair that belonged to her grandmother who moved from Germany to the USA in the 20ies.
Update Februaryu 2017:
Via 1stdibs I came across this chair:
The Mystery chair seems alike the Thonet no 28 in how the legs are placed. However the back is totally different.
Wright mistook a J&J Kohn Rocking Lounger for a Thonet Rocking Lounger
Some time ago I mentioned this Rocking Lounger that was auctioned at Wright. They attributed it to Thonet. Rather it is a J&J Kohn Lounger as the following 2 excerpts from a 1904 Catalog of both firms clearly demonstrate:
Many thanks to the Chairblog Reader, a real Thonet aficionado based here in Europe, who kindly has sent me the 2 excerpts.
He owns an original himself, you see:
Sitting Wheel by Helmut Palla
And don’t forget the Sitting Wheel by Helmut Palla.
A Hazy White Thonet Chair
And then, as a little birthday present (his, not my birthday), my photographer friend from The Hague Pieter Musterd allowed me to share with you this fabulous photo of a White Thonet Chair in a white environment, demonstrating how modern these chairs can be in the right setting….