Michael Thonet No. 60 Bentwood Stool by Ton

The Michael Thonet No. 60 Bentwood Stool can be traced back to the mid-1800s.  This reproduction of the stool uses the traditional bentwood styles that one commonly associates with the furniture designs of Michael Thonet.    Though the invention of the bentwood technique should be attributed to the American Samuel Gragg, it was Michael Thonet who experimented with the technique to an extreme level and made the bentwood chair one of the great commercial successes of all time.  In an infatuation with reducing the number of pieces used in the construction of furniture, Michael Thonet created techniques of bending wood on multiple planes.  The techniques led to the development of phenomenal chair successes such as the legendary No. 14 and No. 18 bentwood chairs. In 1861, Michael Thonet found the perfect location to build a new mass-production bentwood factory.  Eastern Moravia (Czech Republic) provided the optimal conditions of large beechwood forests, inexpensive labor, and a railway to t