Talk:No. 14 chair

France?
Thonet was a German and produced his furniture in his days' Austria... what's has France to do with anything? Plch 16:32, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. The original studio was in Austria, but Thonet Factories were built all over Europe during the industrial revolution. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.254.32.87 (talk) 08:54, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Image
Does the photo actually show a No. 14? It seems to have exta pieces linking the back and seat.

Ned de Rotelande 17:31, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Good question - I've often wondered that. As best I know (unreferenced) it is a 14, but the design was changed and the famous "6 steamed parts" quote is actually 8 of them these days. Thonet's own website illustrates such a braced chair and calls it a 14. Without the bracing the chair is still workable, as it has two apron rings and thus a reasonably well-braced design. However many of these 14s went into the cafe trade and I'm sure a robust lifetime for them was important from early on. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:31, 28 March 2009 (UTC)