Live Auction 214920th Century Decorative Art & Design
THONET
Lot 3 SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM

THONET

A BENTWOOD AND CANE STOOL, NO. 51, CIRCA 1885

Closed26 March 2009

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USD 4,375

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THONET
A Bentwood and Cane Stool, No. 51, circa 1885
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high, 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) square
with Thonet paper label

John Sailer, Vienna.

Specialist note

This design is attributed to August Thonet, the talented son of the firm's founder, Michael. cf. K. Mang, Thonet: Bugholzmöbel, Vienna, 1982, p. 77.
A. von Gegesack, Das Thonetbuch, Munich, 1987, p. 13.
C. Wilk, Thonet Bentwood & Other Furniture: The 1904 Illustrated Catalogue, New York, 1980, p. 42.