{"title":"Michael Thonet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMichael Thonet (2 July 1796 - 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker - the son of a master tanner. Following a carpenter's apprenticeship, Thonet set himself up as an independent cabinetmaker in 1819. In the 1830s, Thonet began trying to make furniture out of glued and bent wooden slats. Thonet's essential breakthrough was his success in having light, strong wood bent into curved, graceful shapes by forming the wood in hot steam. This enabled him to design entirely novel, elegant, lightweight, durable and comfortable furniture, which appealed strongly to fashion and whose aesthetic and functional appeal remains to this day. The 1859 coffee shop chair no. 14 is still called the ‘chair of chairs’ with some 50 million produced up until 1930. It yielded a gold medal for Thonet's enterprise at the 1867 Paris World's Fair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"210r-bentwood-armchair-black-stained-beech-tp29","title":"210R Bentwood Armchair | Black Stained Beech TP29","description":"The armchair version as a companion to the classic 214 side chair. Beechwood frame available in a variety of stained colours, with a natural woven cane seat and back. It is still made by the original manufacturer Thonet GmbH in Germany.","brand":"THONET GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56215388684614,"sku":"204844","price":1731.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/9927\/9174\/files\/210_r-new-1200.jpg?v=1773869809"},{"product_id":"214-bentwood-chair-black-stained-beech-wood-tp29","title":"214 Bentwood Chair | Black Stained Beech Wood TP29","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 214 Bentwood Chair was designed by Michael Thonet and is a true, pioneering, piece of furniture design - also known as Vienna Cafe Chair No 14 or the Bistro Chair. Between 1830 and 1836, Michael Thonet invented what is now known as bentwood furniture. This technique enabled serial production of furniture for the first time and, with 50 million pieces sold until 1930 alone, the 214 Bentwood Chair is considered to be the most successful industrial product of the 19th Century. The classic bentwood range is still produced by Thonet today and is available to order in a number of different finishes and styles. Minimum quantity is THREE.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THONET GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Matching Beech Wood Seat","offer_id":56215419486534,"sku":"195405","price":875.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Natural Cane Seat","offer_id":56215419519302,"sku":"195408","price":923.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/9927\/9174\/files\/796_2_4.jpg?v=1773869822"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.aram.co.uk\/collections\/michael-thonet.oembed","provider":"Aram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}