BISTRO CHAIR 1890-1915
These chairs have been sympathetically restored and freshly caned so they can enjoy another hundred years of life.
Ostensibly the No.14 designed by Thonet in 1859 but these particular chairs are from an unknown manufacturer. The patent ran out for the No.14 in 1880 and other firms were quick to copy and list it in their own catalogues carrying over the same name of Vienna Chair ( due to its popularity in the Viennese bistros) . These Vienna/Bistro Chairs are most likely also from the Habsburg Empire, manufactured between 1890 and 1910. They came to us as part of a set from the same establishment ( P.V.C. ) some of which of which were manufactured by Thonet. Very little sets them apart, only the screws and the lack of Gebruder Thonet branding otherwise they share the same design and charm of the originals No.14’s.
