Thonet Coffeehouse Chairs

The origin of industrial furniture production - the Thonet coffee house chairs

The Thonet 209/210 has been a furniture design classic since the 19th century

The so-called coffee house chairs, above all the original Viennese coffee house chair No. 14/214, not only established the continued success of the Thonet furniture company in the middle of the 19th century, but were also the first mass-produced chair designs in the history of furniture.

In addition to the classics of the 19th century, such as the Thonet 214/214 M or the 209/210, the Thonet coffee house chairs now also include the Thonet 118/118 M by Sebastian Herkner with which the designer refers directly to the Thonet classic no.14 /114 .

The Viennese coffee house chair no.14 - an industrial product par excellence

Coffee house chair 214/214 M - for that special flair in every dining area

The Thonet chair Nr. 14, which is produced today with the model number 214, helped Michael Thonet achieve his breakthrough in 1859 and by 1930 had sold 50 million times worldwide. With its slim, no-frills shape, the 214 coffee house chair won the bronze medal of the1862 London and the gold medal of the 1867 Paris World Exhibitions. Legend has it that a chair #14 on its way to the restaurant atop of the Eiffel Tower, crashed to the earth. Unscathed. The Viennese coffee house chair became a symbol of its era and, thanks to its unbroken success, has shaped the image of European coffee house culture up to the present day.

Curved thanks a special production process and very stable - The Thonet coffee house chairs