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The first examples appeared in their 1866 catalogue. This particular chair is derived from the adult-size version of Thonet's 'Chair no 14', which is also known as 'The Bistro Chair' and the 'Coffee Shop Chair'. Available from 1859, it was Thonet's most commercially successful model, and it is said that 50 million of them were made just between 1859 and 1896. It has remained a popular design and has been in constant production, and has been widely copied by other manufacturers, sometimes in other materials such as metal. ","physicalDescription":"Pair of side chairs, the child-sized version of Thonet's Chair No 14 but without the hoop stretcher (and therefore made from five pieces of wood rather than the adult style's six).  Each chair is made of bentwood (steamed wood), stained brown and varnished: the open-frame back and the back legs are made of a single bow of wood, with a three-quarter circle bentwood splat which is pegged and glued within it.  The bow is bolted to the circular bentwood-edged canework seat and secured within by two nuts; the front legs are glued into holes in the underside of the seat.  All the legs are splayed to give a firmer base.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Thonet, Michael","id":"A19860"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Thonet","id":"A15105"},"association":{"text":"manufacturers","id":"AAT25230"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"beech","id":"AAT11948"},{"text":"cane (plant material)","id":"AAT11864"}],"techniques":[{"text":"steam bending","id":"x30455"},{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Steam bent beech, woven cane","categories":[{"text":"Children & Childhood","id":"THES48980"},{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"YVA","id":"THES48593"},"images":["2009CR2544","2017KE3331"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"CA002","id":"THES388361"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"005","id":"THES324588"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"chair","id":"AAT37772"}],[{"text":"chair","id":"AAT37772"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Vienna (city)","id":"x29246"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"Poland","id":"x29083"},"association":{"text":"manufactured","id":"x29350"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1859","earliest":"1859-01-01","latest":"1859-12-31"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""},{"date":{"text":"1866-1896","earliest":"1866-01-01","latest":"1896-12-31"},"association":{"text":"manufactured","id":"x29350"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Weight","value":"1.95","unit":"kg","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"01/02/2022","earliest":"2022-02-01","latest":"2022-02-01"},"part":"Part 1 Chair Only","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought at auction at Christie's South Kensington (RF 80/629).","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Pair of Child's bentwood chairs with canework seats, made in Austria probably by Thonet, after 1859","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Mass produced","id":"THES48863"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"<b>Fun-size furniture</b> \n\nChairs haven’t traditionally been designed with the needs of children in mind. Often, they were just smaller versions of adults’ chairs. \n\r\nThe curved-frame bentwood chair by Thonet was the first ever massproduced chair. It was designed to be assembled outside the factory in the same way as today’s IKEA furniture. This one is a miniature version of the classic seen around the world. \n\r\n<b>8 Chair No. 14</b> \r\nDesigner: Michael Thonet, 1859, Vienna \r\nMade: 1866–96, Austrian Empire (now Poland) \r\nMaterials: Bentwood, cane \r\nMuseum no. Misc.76-1980 \n\r\n<b>9 Cane-back armchair </b>\r\nDesigner: Unknown \r\nDate: About 1685 \r\nLocation: England \r\nMaterials: Beech, cane \r\nBequest of Miss C. A. R. Adams \r\nMuseum no. 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