Chair 14, natural beech

Chair no. 14 by TON is one of the oldest, most popular and variated furniture classics of all time. It was first introduced in 1869 by the Czech cabinetmaker Michael Thonet, and so far over 80 million chairs have been sold globally. Characterized by a curved and delicate silhouette, Chair 14 gained popularity in the cafés of Vienna, and thus became known as the "café chair".

Chair no. 14 is still manufactured at the TON furniture factory in the Czech Republic by traditional methods: the robust frame is crafted from six beechwood rods that have been bent by hand. Even though the chair was designed more than 150 years ago, its light and timeless design remains popular from generation to generation.

TON R&D

TON is a Czech furniture manufacturer whose roots reach back to 1861 when cabinetmaker Michael Thonet founded a bent furniture plant in the town of Bystrice pod Hostýnem. The innovative, high-quality bentwood technique made Thonet’s furniture hugely popular, and by the turn of the 20th century, several hundreds of thousands of items were being manufactured annually. In 1946, the company became a national enterprise, and in 1953, it was renamed as TON (Továrna Ohýbaného Nábytku, ”bent furniture factory”). Since 1994, TON has been a joint stock company. Today, TON combines traditional and modern techniques and aims at creating timeless, ecological furniture that lasts from generation to generation.