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Salonsessel Salon Chair, präsentiert auf der Weltausstellung 1867 
presented at the 1867 World Fair in Paris 
Entwurf Design: Gebrüder Thonet, 1866 
Ausführung Execution: Gebrüder Thonet, 1866; Buche, massiv gebogen, gepolstert 
Beech, solid bent, upholstered; Firmensammlung Company Collection TON 
As early as 1860, Thonet’s bentwood furniture 
was available in Paris-at Ingelbach and Wolff- 
gang (66, rue de Bondy), which also had a 
sales outlet in London. Although the opening 
of Thonet's own sales branch was planned for 
August or September 1861, it was in the 
course of the Paris World Fair, which started 
on 1 April 1867, that the branch (92, Boulevard 
Sebastopol) was finally opened. The Thonets 
displayed an elaborately designed board on 
which the already existing branches in Vienna, 
London, Hamburg, Berlin, Rotterdam, Pest, 
Linz, and Brno were proudly listed. In addition 
to the production models, the now well-known 
and prevalent Company on the Champ-de-Mars 
also presented the so-called demonstration 
chair made in Bystrice pod Hostynem. This 
chair was never intended for sale. It was merely 
meant to serve as proof of the technologically 
perfect mastery of wood bending. The presen- 
tation was made complete with upholstered 
chairs and a new rocking chair, model No. 3, 
which was also available as a double rocker, 
in which the users sat opposite each other.' 
Luxury models, as had been seen at the Paris 
World Fair of 1855, and parquet flooring were 
no longer to be found. 
1 Unfortunately, no copy of this model has been preserved-the 
image is a virtual reconstruction based on a photograph. (Thanks to 
Manfred Schuh.) 
Doppelschaukelfauteuil Nr. 3, Gebrüder Thonet, 
um 1865 (fotografische Rekonstruktion) 
Double Rocking Armchair No. 3, Gebrüder Thonet, 
ca. 1865 (photographic reconstruction) 
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