Coat Rack, Art Nouveau, Thonet

Coat rack in curved beech wood in Art Nouveau style, in two parts: head with 8 retractable and rotating branches and barrel held by 4 feet. It bears, under one foot, the THONET brand (15x55mm) engraved and covered with white paint. This brand produced production between 1860 and 1888. Circa 1881 From 1881, the embossing die was redesigned... The first step consisted of coating the embossing pad with white paint. The stamp is 15mm by 55mm. (Ref: Thonet Möbel, Albrecht Bangert 1997 page 223) Thonet brothers. The first workshop was installed in 1819 by Michael Thonet born in 1796, the patriarch. He will create a revolutionary technique for bending wood with steam. He filed an exclusive patent which would be effective until 1869. In 1853, he founded, with his sons, the company Thonet Frères. It was in the 1850s that they began to directly bend solid wood in their workshops, abandoning veneer wood. It was at the end of these years that the legendary chair N°14 was designed, known as the “bistro chair”. It is assembled in 6 pieces, completely disassembled and very easily transportable. The company is experiencing unprecedented international expansion. Many factories were inaugurated and branches were created all over the world. Michael Thonet died on March 3, 1871 Dimensions: Height 2.02m Base diameter 0.74m Head diameter 0.56m