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Vintage Bauhaus Oak Bentwood Josef Hoffman Prague 811 Armchairs by Thonet

Name: Vintage Bauhaus Oak Bentwood Josef Hoffman Prague 811 Armchairs by Thonet
SKU: 414-SEA-536 1-30
Price: 495 USD
Availability: InStock

$495

Wonderful vintage Bauhaus oak bentwood Josef Hoffman Prague 811 armchairs by Thonet. We have 22 and we are selling them separately. One chair has a different fabric on the seat back. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. The vinyl on all seats is good with the exception of a few small flaws in some and the fabric has been professionally cleaned however, the backs did not come clean. We may be able to pick out a few with little to no stains, but most will want/need to reupholster. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Late 20^th Century.

NOTE: We have 22 of these fabulous bentwood chairs by Thonet. 21 have the same fabric and 1 has a different fabric on the back. We are selling them separately, however. Please contact us for estimates on group purchases as we will negotiate the price of the chairs for large quantity purchases.

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SKU: 414-SEA-536 1-30 Category: DINING CHAIRS Tags: accent chairs, dining chairs

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Height – 32.25 Inches
Width – 20.25 Inches
Depth – 22 Inches
Arm Height- 26 Inches
Seat Height – 18.25 Inches
Inside Seat Width – 17.5 Inches
Inside Seat Depth – 16 Inches
Inside Back Height – 14.5 Inches
Weight – 11.5 Pounds

Crate / Box Size

Boxed Size 2 Chairs – 52H x 26W x 32D Inches & 40#
Boxed Size 4 Chairs – 52H x 48W x 32D Inches & 70#
Crated Size 6 Chairs – 52H x 70W x 32D Inches & 230#
Crated Size 8 Chairs – 52H x 48W x 48D Inches & 280#
Crated Size 12 Chairs – 52H x 70W x 48D Inches & 300#

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Keep in mind warehouse414 items are vintage and not new, so they will have signs of use and wear. See photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections.

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Talk about the ability to withstand the hands of time!! We have 22 of these stunning oak bentwood Prague 811 armchairs designed by Josef Hoffman for Thonet! They were originally designed in 1925 and it remains a current and wonderful design today! They are comprised of oak bentwood frames, slender rounded arms, slightly flared legs with stretchers, and they wear a lovely green faux leather on the seats and lighter green fabric backs. They’re sophisticated, comfortable, and absolutely GORGEOUS!!! Want to add a little splash of Bauhaus style to your home? We have the perfect side or accent chairs for your living or family room!! They will be fabulous around your dining table, game table, breakfast nook, or at the desk in the study or den. Of course, they would also look amazing surrounding a conference table at the office. You can be sure they will complement your office or home with timeless and historical excellence, whatever your style!!

Josef Hoffman was one of Austria’s most important architects and designers and was central to the development of art and design in Vienna. He grew up with three sisters and was nicknamed Pepo. His father was the town mayor and a successful businessman. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession, a radical anti-historicist movement, and together with Koloman Moser created the Wiener Werkstatte cooperative workshop. A highly individualistic architect and designer, Hoffmann’s work combined the simplicity of craft production with a refined aesthetic ornament. Between 1901 and 1905, he designed four villas in Vienna and a sanatorium in Brussels that was called “Stoclet House”, for which he developed a “cubistic” language of form, with an emphasis on straight, unadorned lines. In 1905, he established the Kunstschau with painter Gustav Klimt and, two years later, founded the Deutscher Werkbund. Hoffmann worked well into his 80s, continuing to use the geometric motifs that influenced the art deco style of the 1920s. In 1928 his work appeared in the Art in Industry exhibition held at Macy’s in New York City, where it exerted a strong influence on American designer Donald Deskey. Hoffmann is one of the seminal figures in the modern decorative arts movement of the first half of the 20th century.

Thonet was founded by Michael Thonet. Michael was born in 1796 and was apprenticed by his father to a cabinetmaker. Shortly after he married, Michael opened his one-man cabinetmaking shop creating furniture and cabinetry in the traditional manner by carving the needed parts and then joining them together. In 1830 he began experimenting with bending wood into curved shapes and thus began a successful furniture company that has remained continually in operation for nearly 200 years. Thonet’s early work was very Biedermeier in style and not made for the common man. Gradually his designs became more Art Nouveau. In 1951 his chairs for the Crystal Palace at the London World’s Fair won a prize medal and by the late 1950s he began to make his first “consumer” chair. In 1875, a year before Michael’s death, Thonet’s five factories made 620,000 chairs. Then in 1876 after his death the company became Gebruder Thonet. But all was not roses. In 1869 the Thonet patents lapsed and by 1893 there were 52 bentwood companies in Europe. However, Thonet persevered. They branched out. They merged. They added designs by Le Corbusier and Breuer and alternative materials such as tubular chrome in place of bentwood to their offerings. Business boomed and waned through the years and there was even a Thonet revival, so to speak, beginning in the 1940s on into the mid-20^th century. Till today, in the 21^st century, Thonet is still a furniture company to be reckoned with almost 200 years later.

We are in love with these iconic chairs designed by Josef Hoffman for Thonet and surely you are too! Don’t wait… make two, four, six, eight, twelve, or ALL 22 YOURS!!!

STYLE / PERIOD	Art Deco, Bauhaus
DESIGNER	Josef Hoffman
MAKER	Thonet
LINE/COLLECTION	Prague 811 Chair
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN	United States
MATERIALS	Bentwood, Fabric, Vinyl
PRIMARY COLOR	Olive Green
DATE DESIGNED	Circa 1925
DATE PRODUCED	Circa Late 20th Century

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