Lot Essay
cf. Derek E. Ostergard e.a., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946, New York, 1987, p. 49, no. 2-21, for an illustration of a similar chair
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
MODEL NO. 18, A SET OF FOUR THONET CHAIRS, the curved cylindrical backlegs extending into the rounded U-shape open back and set with similar waisted U-shape backrest, flanked on the outside by curved supports extending to the circular wooden seat, swollen cylindrical front legs, with ring-stretcher just below the seat (4)
Details
MODEL NO. 18, A SET OF FOUR THONET CHAIRS, the curved cylindrical backlegs extending into the rounded U-shape open back and set with similar waisted U-shape backrest, flanked on the outside by curved supports extending to the circular wooden seat, swollen cylindrical front legs, with ring-stretcher just below the seat (4)