Rocking chair Thonet n°10 , 1908 original label

Magnificent rocking chair thonet, model n°10, created in 1906. Model in blackened curved wood, beautifully patinated by time. Seat and back in wicker canning. (small fragility in the canage of the seat without consequence: rattan well stretched and solid). Original label (partial absence of label). Pieces of wood noted in hollow. This rocking chair is old and has retained all the charm of his experience. Slightly cracked wood on the back of the backrest. Size: Total height 98 cm. Seat height 50 cm. Seat width 44 cm, Seated depth 42 cm. Backrest height 75 cm. Backrest width 39 cm. It was from 1830 that michaël thonet, of viennese origin, began to exploit for his furniture the techniques of curvature of wood by parboiling, adapting the know-how of coopers and boat builders. His creations quickly won a great success, especially with breweries that equipped themselves with chairs including the famous chair n°14, produced in several million copies. Originally, the rocking chair is a simple chair at the feet of which a curved piece of wood has been added allowing a tilt from front to back. This is one of those ingenious innovations that one day spring from the spirit of invention of a carpenter, cabinetmaker anxious to meet a particular need, a desire, ... In the most original creations, as for this thonet armchair, the four traditional legs disappear in favor of a curved wood interlacing combining solidity and lightness, stability and tilting, as well as superb and pure aesthetics of design from art nouveau to art deco. Delivery in île-de-france / hauts de france. Other regions: cocolis.