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9th October 2004, 10:28 PM #181
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10th October 2004, 11:09 AM #182
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An Ikea bentwood kitchen chair? I dunno, a complete guess really.
Bob Willson
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10th October 2004, 02:29 PM #183
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OK, I think it's run its course.
The item is the Thonet bentwood chair.
Quoting from the book "100 Chairs" by Charlotte & Peter Fiell (Taschen)
"The result of extensive experimentation in the 1850s into the bending of solid wood, the No. 14 chair remains one of the most successful industrial designed products af all time. The simplified form of the chair was developed by Thonet as a means of achieving his goal of mass-production: by 1930, 50 million examples had been sold worldwide."
Anyone interested in the evolution of chair design should have a look at this book - some you'll like, some you'll hate, but they all made a contribution.
Looking at The evolution of Thonet's designs is edifying too. They started out more complex that the No. 14, which is one of his simplest (& the most successful), and after the No. 14 became more complex again.
Over to you Bob.
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