The famous bistro chair is still considered to be the world's most successful industrial product: it was with this chair that the history of modern furniture began. Its manufacture was based on a technique that was new at the time, the bending of solid wood, a technique that Michael Thonet perfected in the 1850s, making mass production possible.
To sell the chairs, Thonet came up with the ingenious idea of shipping 36 chairs in one cubic metre crates all over the world, which customers could assemble themselves on site. Characterised by its aesthetic clarity, this classic piece of furniture has been used in a wide variety of settings for over 150 years. The chair is manufactured in our Frankenberg factory.
Dimensions  43 x 52 x H84 cm – Seat height 46 cm
from
Black ash (visible wood grain)
Black beech (smooth)
Natural beech
Brightened beech
White pigmented lacquer beech
Rust red beech
Grey green beech
Powder blue beech
from
Natural beech
from
Black beech
214 P Chair
Michael Thonet
With the invention of bentwood furniture, Michael Thonet laid the foundation stone for industrial production. He was born in 1796 in Boppard/Rhine, where he opened his own workshop in 1819. In 1842, Prince Metternich called him to Vienna. In 1849, together with his sons, he founded a company that quickly became a worldwide success and expanded rapidly. Over 865,000 bentwood chairs were produced every year in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Russia. Michael Thonet died in Vienna in 1871 and his sons took over the company. In the 1930s, Thonet focused on tubular steel furniture construction and technology, and soon became the world's largest manufacturer. The Second World War brought an abrupt end to the company: the factories in Eastern Europe were closed down. The factory in Frankenberg (Germany), founded in 1889, has been the company's headquarters and production site ever since.
Garantie Prix
Proposer du design au juste prix fait partie intĂ©grante de notre travail. Si vous trouvez le mĂŞme article Ă un prix infĂ©rieur chez un autre revendeur, livraison incluse, non seulement nous l'Ă©galerons, mais nous vous proposerons mĂŞme un meilleur prix.Â
Comment en profiter ?Â
Nous comparons chaque jour nos prix avec tous les dĂ©taillants autorisĂ©s en Europe. Si nĂ©anmoins vous trouvez moins cher, contactez-nous pour une contre-proposition. Â
Nous devons être en mesure de vérifier que l'article est authentique, neuf, parfaitement identique (taille, matériaux, couleur, etc.) et qu'il ne fait pas partie d'une campagne ou d’un déstockage temporaire.
La base valide est, par exemple, un devis actuel ou un lien direct vers le site Web d'un autre détaillant où le prix inférieur est indiqué. Une image d’e-mail n'est pas valide, l'e-mail d'origine doit être transféré.
L’offre ne s'applique pas aux commandes déjà passées et ne peut être couplée à aucune de nos autres offres ou promotions.
Price Guarantee
Offering design at the right price is an integral part of our work. If you find the same item at a lower price at another retailer, delivery included, we will not only match it, but even offer you a better price.
How to take advantage of it?Â
We compare our prices every day with all authorized retailers in Europe. If nevertheless you find cheaper, contact us for a counter-proposal.
We must be able to verify that the item is authentic, new, perfectly identical (size, materials, color, etc.)
and that it is not part of a campaign or temporary destocking.
The valid basis is, for example, a current quote or a direct link to another retailer's website where the lower price is indicated. An email image is invalid, the original email must be forwarded.
The offer does not apply to orders already placed and cannot be combined with any of our other offers or promotions.
