The N.14 chair is available with an upholstered seat. You will find below a selection of fabrics particularly adapted to this chair, ranged by price groups. We have at your disposal a wide range of samples that we can send to you free of charge, against deposit, to help you in your choice.
100% cotton – 24 available colours – 25.000 Martindale (durability)
price group 3
price group 2
price group 1
90% new wool, 10% nylon – 18 available colours – 100.000 Martindale (durability)
100% cotton velvet – 30 available colours – 100.000 Martindale (durability)
100% wool – 27 available colours – 45.000 Martindale (durability)
100% wool – 56 available colours – 45.000 Martindale (durability)
90% wool / 10% nylon – 50 available colours – 100.000 Martindale (durability)
92% wool / 8% nylon – 49 available colours – 100.000 Martindale (durability)
customize your N. 14 chair with upholstered seat
black painted beech + upholstered seat
(Baden 002)
black painted beech + woven cane seat
black painted beech + perforated plywood seat
black painted beech + plywood seat
ready-made versions
Michael Thonet (Boppard 1796 – Vienna 1871) trained as a cabinetmaker, specialising in geometric marquetry.
A furniture designer and producer, in 1830 he began to experiment with using bent wood to make chairs, and in 1841 succeeded in filing a patent for a new process treating strips of beech with steam or boiling them in water and glue with minimal costs to provide an innovative, very light, flexible and durable material.
In 1849 he moved to Vienna, opened a factory that manufactured chairs, coffee tables, clothes racks, etc., marked by their simple and linear design, with immediate and long-lasting success. Thonet opened new factories in Moravia and in Hungary to increase production and opened sales showrooms in the main European and American cities.
Michael Thonet
Dimensions W41 x D49 x H90cm. Seat height 45cm.
Frame and back bent-beech, painted in black
Seat surface veneer, perforated veneer, woven cane or upholstered with fabric
The N. 14 chair was created in 1860 by the German-Austrian designer Michael Thonet. This model is one of the icons of the design history and represents the major source of inspiration for classic bistro chairs, very popular today.
Michael Thonet has developed a special technique for the manufacture of his furniture: steam bending. Thus, the N. 14 chair has a backrest and back legs made from a single piece of solid beech wood. The result is a certain minimalism of form and design. The seat is available in several versions, to please everyone: plywood, whole or perforated, in its classic version with a woven cane seat, or upholstered with fabric. Each chair has an engraved metal medal with the name of the brand integrated in the structure guaranteeing the authenticity of the product.
