Three sizes that work together

The 800 mm table sits low at 350 mm as a coffee table, the 600 mm sits at 425 mm, and the 450 mm stands taller at 500 mm as a side table beside a chair. Used together they read as one piece of furniture rather than three.

Solid wood, light enough to move

Each table is solid beech, oak or rustic oak and weighs between 3.7 and 9 kg, so they can be moved around a lounge as the room is used.

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.

Warranty and testing

TON gives a 10 year warranty on its furniture, excluding parts bought in from outside suppliers. Its tables are tested to EN 1730 and meet level M against EN 12521 and EN 15372, 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 pieces where they were invented.

Where it works

Hotel lobbies, reception and waiting areas, workplace lounges and breakout.

Key features

• Three legs bent into a Y
• Coffee table 800 mm dia at 350 mm high
• Table 600 mm dia at 425 mm high
• Side table 450 mm dia at 500 mm high
• Solid beech, oak or rustic oak
• 10 year warranty