Wiener GTV Design Thonet -  811 chair in lacquered beech

Bent-beech wood chair and armchair designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1930. A timeless and modern design gives the chair N. 811 an outstanding comfort and lightness. Availables in three versions:
woven cane seat and backrest, upholstered seat and woven cane backrest, upholstered seat and backrest

Josef Hoffmann

Josef Hoffmann (Brtnice, Moravia, 1870 – Vienna 1956) architect, attended the Staatsgewerbeschule in Brno. In 1892 he moved to Vienna to complete his training at the Academy of fine arts, where he was a pupil of Otto Wagner.
In 1989 he became one of the founders of the Vienna Secession and, later, of the Wiener Werkstätte along with Joseph Maria Olbrich. The slightly anachronistic aspect of Hoffman’s work left him on the edges of the new architectural currents, critical debate and the crisis from which international rationalism came. In 1912 he founded the Österreichischer Werkbund, which in 1920 was transformed into the Austrian section of the Deutscher Werkbund.

Wiener GTV Design Thonet

Michael Thonet (1796-1871) and his five children were the most successful manufacturers of furniture in the Industrial Age. Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH (GTV) has develop edits work in a successful blend of the traditional and the modern, of continuity and renewal, with a new production program that begins by re-editing a series of Gebrüder Thonet classics. At the same time, GTV stands for contemporary furnishing. Advanced production techniques are applied to innovative designs and uses of materials, to create highly sought-after, multipurpose furnishing items. Truly original, up-to-date solutions that integrate well with the more classic products of its catalogue, now reworked.Items such as chair No. 14, of which more than 50 million were made between 1850 and 1930, have gone down in history for their fine design and manufacturing quality, and yet still today excite and attract new generations. GTV always succeeds in finding the perfect combination of tradition and innovation, assisted by continuous research into new, clear-cut, versatile designs.The tangible and intangible intrinsic value of the GTV collection is expressed in the Wiener GTV Design brand, engraved on a coin embedded in the structure of each single piece: a precious detail that certifies authenticity, originality and quality in stable balance between manufacturing and high-level craftsmanship. Inspiring this unique detail was the coin with the image of the brand that was historically spent internally within Thonet production facilities throughout Europe.