MANUFACTURED BY THONET, CIRCA 1880

This model was featured in the Gebrüder Thonet catalogues of 1888, (p.15) and of 1904, (p.56).
See: Christopher Wilk. Thonet. 150 Years of Furniture, New York, 1980, pl. 52, p. 47, chair to the same design from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art illustrated.