$1,250 / item
Benches by Ton in Bentwood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
TON, benches, bentwood, faux leather, Czech Republic, 1960s These benches are manufactured by TON in the 1960s.
Bentwood, Faux Leather
Vintage Beech Bentwood Standing Planter, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- good original condition with minor signs of use
Beech, Bentwood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from TON, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. The chairs are stable and can be placed anywhere. It is made of beech wood, ...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage 3-Seat Cinema Theatre Bench from Ton, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This three - seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is made of beech wood (pa...
Wood, Beech, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Cinema Bench, Three-Seat, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This three-seat cinema bench was produced in former Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stable and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (partly solid wo...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage 4-Seat Cinema Bench From Ton, 1950s
By TON a.s.
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This four-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (p...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1950s
By TON a.s.
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (p...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1950s
By TON a.s.
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (p...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1950s
By TON a.s.
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (p...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (p...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (p...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1950s
By TON a.s.
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (p...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage 4-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1950s
By TON a.s.
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This four-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage 3-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1950s
By TON a.s.
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This three - seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of woo...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Theater 4-Seat Bench From Thonet, 1950s
By Thonet
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This four-seat theater bench was produced by Thonet in former Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stable and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood - partl...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from TON, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. The chairs are stable and can be placed anywhere. It is made of beech wood, ...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1960s
By TON a.s.
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. The chairs are stable and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (pa...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage 4-Seat Cinema Bench from Thonet , 1950s
By Thonet
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This four-seat cinema bench was produced by Thonet in former Czechoslovakia during the 1930s-1950s. The chairs are stable and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (p...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage 3-Seat Cinema Bench from Thonet, 1950s
By Thonet
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This three-seat cinema bench was produced by Thonet in former Czechoslovakia during the 1930s-1950s. The chairs are stable and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from Thonet, 1950s
By Thonet
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Thonet in former Czechoslovakia during the 1930s-1950s. The chairs are stable and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (pa...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from TON, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. The chairs are stable and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of w...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Two-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stabile and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (p...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Cinema Bench, Two-Seat, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This two-seat cinema bench was produced in former Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chairs are stable and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (partly solid wood...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Four-Seat Cinema Bench from Ton, 1960s
By TON a.s.
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This four-seat cinema bench was produced by Ton (former Thonet) in Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. The chairs are stable and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (p...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
Vintage Cinema Seat, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This cinema seat was produced in former Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. The chair is stable and can be placed anywhere. It is completely made of wood (partly solid wood, partly p...
Wood, Bentwood, Plywood
czech mid-century bentwood bench
Located in Brooklyn, NY
stained oak veneer with solid stained oak legs and armrests
Four-Seat Cinema Bench by TON, Czechoslovakia, circa 1950
By TON a.s.
Located in Zohor, SK
Four-seat cinema bench produced by TON in Harmanec, Czechoslovakia in circa 1950. Item originally used in a village cinema, made completely of wood and bended wood features typical f...
Wood, Bentwood
Antique, new and vintage bentwood furniture has become very popular in interiors over the years. Today bentwood chairs, tables, sofas and pendants are receiving striking modern interpretations from makers like Thonet, which are being carried on by the next generation.
Bentwood furniture dates as far back as the Middle Ages, but it is the 19th-century German-Austrian cabinetmaker Michael Thonet who is most often associated with this now-classic technique. Thonet in 1856 patented a method for bending solid wood through the use of steam, and from there the bentwood look skyrocketed to furniture fame. Bentwood was embraced by design greats ranging from Josef Hoffmann to Gio Ponti, and Adolf Loos to Alvar Aalto for its versatility, timelessness and simple elegance.
In the Czech Republic — home to a range of talented but unsung mid-century modern and Art Deco designers — the company TON held a bentwood furniture exhibition in Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Villa Tugendhat in recent years. TON manufactures their bentwood furniture in the same workshops where Michael Thonet set up his operations in the 1800s.
Sophisticated bentwood furniture designs include Alvar Aalto’s cantilever lounge chairs, Italian designer Luigi Crassevig’s 1970s rocking chairs — which feature cane seats — curvaceous hanging lamps and other lighting by Spanish architect José Antonio Coderch and lots more.
Find a collection of antique, new and vintage bentwood furniture on 1stDibs.
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.
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From his massive collaborative workshop in a former paper factory, the designer concocts funky furniture from disused materials, as well as luxe hotel interiors like the new Mix Brussels.