Rare Ebonised Settee by Gebrüder Thonet with Gilded Decoration

P0208 Rare ebonised sofa by Thonet, having shaped top rail with kidney shaped back, generous seat and open scroll arms, standing on outsewpt legs, all with gilded decoration throughout. This antique sofa has been reupholstered and covered in calico, the back has no stuffing as it is ready to be covered in a fabric of your choice, two new feather cushions included. Stamped by Thonet and featured in factory catalogues. This antique sofa has been sympathetically restored, all joints have been checked and tighten where necessary, the original finish has been cleaned, revived and waxed. The sofa has been very well looked after over the years and again it is in home ready condition. Michael Thonet (2 July 1796 - 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture. He received a bronze medal at The Great exhibition of London in 1851 and at the next World's Fair, Exposition Universelle in Paris 1855, he was awarded the silver medal. In 1856 Thonet Brothers expanded with a furniture factory in Korycany and in the next years, five more Central European production sites were established in Bystrice pod Hostýnem, Velké Uherce, Vsetín, Halenkov and Radomsko in 1880.