Chair 18, natural beech

TON's Chair no. 18 shares a similar character with the iconic Chair 14: its softly curved frame has been crafted from beechwood rods that have been bent by hand. Introduced in 1876, the wooden chair dominated by curved lines is suitable for the home as well as for restaurants and cafes. Chair no. 18 has been manufactured at the TON furniture factory in the Czech Republic by traditional methods.

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.