
Helena Gumley
Head of Sale Carpets and Tapestries
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Head of Sale Carpets and Tapestries
Provenance;
A private European family.
Literature;
- Charlotte and Peter Fiell, '1000 Chairs', Taschen GmbH, 2015, p.30 (model with armrests)
- Alexander von Vegesack, 'Das Thonet Buch', Bangert Verlag Munchen,1987, p.108-9 (model with armrests)
Alexander von Vegesack states "...the designer is not known, but it is to be assumed August Thonet as a technical leader was involved at least in the emergence of the design. (This) comfortable model is considered the most elegant bentwood design of series production."
Initially it was made without armrests, but with them from 1876 onwards. It was shown in an illustration for the 1876 World Exhibition in Philadelphia (with armrests). After 1879 the model without armrests was no longer offered. (http://museum-boppard.de/explore/thonet-varietyofproducts/)