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2. Michael Thonet - Wikipedia

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   In the 1830s, Thonet began trying to make furniture out of glued and bent wooden slats. His first success was the Bopparder Schichtholzstuhl (Boppard layerwood chair) in 1836. Thonet gained substantial independence by acquiring the Michelsmühle, the glue factory that made the glue for this process, in 1837.

3. Poäng - Wikipedia

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   In its post-1990s form, the Poäng is composed of a frame of bent, glued beechwood veneers and solid wooden rails, finished with clear lacquer [5] and available in various colors. The seating material consists of polypropylene support fabric and cushions made of leather or fabric filled with polyurethane foam. [ 6 ]

4. No. 14 chair - Wikipedia

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   Original version without braces showing the cane seat. The No. 14 chair is the most famous chair made by the Thonet chair company. Also known as the "bistro chair", it was designed in the Austrian Empire [1] by Michael Thonet and introduced in 1859, becoming the world's first mass-produced item of furniture.

5. List of chairs - Wikipedia

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   Fauteuil, an open-arm chair with considerable exposed wood, originating in 18th-century France; Fiddleback chair, a wooden chair of the Empire period, usually with an upholstered seat, in which the splat resembles a fiddle; A fighting chair [23] is a chair on a boat used by anglers to catch large saltwater fish. The chair typically swivels and ...

6. IKEA - Wikipedia

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   IKEA is the world's largest buyer and retailer of wood. [196] In 2015, IKEA claimed to use 1% of the world's supply of timber. [201]

7. Criticism of IKEA - Wikipedia

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   7% of the wood that becomes IKEA furniture comes from Belarus, where the state owns all of the country's forests. IKEA has been accused of financing President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko 's repression against political opponents, with Anna Sundström, Secretary-General of the Olof Palme International Center , arguing that the money ...