Three pieces, one bend

Juřica took the logic of the original No. 14 and stripped it further. The loop that forms the back also forms the arms, so the chair reads as one continuous line and weighs 4.4 kg.

Seat options

The seat is solid wood or veneer as standard, with an upholstered version (313 002) where the chair will be used for longer sittings.

Steam-bent solid wood

Every TON piece starts as solid wood that is steamed until it will move, bent over a form and held while it dries. The technique is the one Michael Thonet worked out at this factory in 1861, and the hardest bends are still made by hand. Wood is chosen piece by piece for strength, flexibility and appearance, and frames are hand sanded before finishing.

Wood and finishes

TON finishes to a shared catalogue palette: natural varnish and natural oil, stains including Coffee, Dark Wenge, Dark Chocolate, Nougat, Granite, Honey, Black Grain and Forest Green, and pigment lacquers including White, Cloud Grey, Moon Grey, Grey Shadow, Steam Blue, Graphite Blue, Factory Red and Resin Yellow. Upholstery is specified from TON’s fabric and leather ranges, or in your own fabric.

Warranty and testing

TON gives a 10 year warranty on its furniture, excluding parts bought in from outside suppliers such as cane weave. Its seating is certified to ČSN EN 1022, ČSN EN 16139 and ČSN EN 1728 under certificate 040-083093 from the Technical and Test Institute for Construction Prague, and the wood is FSC certified.

About TON

TON makes its furniture at Bystřice pod Hostýnem in the Czech Republic, in the factory Michael Thonet built in 1861. It is the oldest bentwood works still running, and the only one still making these chairs where they were invented.

Where it works

Cafes, restaurants, hotel dining, meeting rooms and residential projects.

Key features

• Built from three pieces of bent beech
• Back and arms formed in one loop
• 4.4 kg
• Solid wood, veneer or upholstered seat
• Links into rows
• 10 year warranty