Thonet Germany
Frankenberg, Germany: Gebrüder Thonet Gmbh, No date. First printing. Softcover. Quarto. 12pp. Original photo-illustrated wraps with white lettering, protected by modern mylar; with metal loops for ring folders. Special edition brochure providing an overview of the German-Austrian cabinet maker and manufacturer Michael Thonet. In 1830 Michael Thonet developed a process to bend wood with the help of steam (Bugholztechnik). The brochure is structured into five chapters: "The time of Michael Thonet," providing an outline of Thonet's career, including the famous chair No. 14 of which fifty million pieces were made; Thonet in the time of Modernist Vienna and the influence of Otto Wagner; the new Thonet-Collection of the Modernist Vienna; the time of the Bauhaus, including the reproduction of a Thonet Bauhaus poster, and lastly the present and future of Thonet. The brochure is illustrated with striking color and b/w photographs of Thonet products relating to the periods of the Thonet business as described here. Text in German. Fine condition. Item #47697
Price: $125.00