Parrot Coat Rack, Art Nouveau, Thonet Sign

Coat rack called parrot, Art Nouveau, Thonet" Coat rack in curved beech wood in Art Nouveau style, head with 8 branches, shaft held by 4 feet. It bears, on the side of one foot, the THONET brand (15x55mm) engraved in hollow. This brand indicates a production between 1860 and 1888. Circa 1881. From 1881, the embossing matrix was redesigned… Thonet brothers. The first workshop was installed in 1819 by Michael Thonet born in 1796, the patriarch. He will create a revolutionary technique of bending wood with steam. He files an exclusive patent which will be effective until 1869. In 1853, he founded, with his sons, the Thonet Frères company. It was in the 1850s that they began to bend solid wood directly in their workshops, abandoning the wood of plating. The company experienced unprecedented international expansion. Numerous factories were opened and branches were established around the world. Michael Thonet died on March 3, 1871.