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2. Michael Thonet - Wikipedia

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   Rocking Chair, Model 1, ca 1860 Brooklyn Museum "Chair no. 14" ("Konsumstuhl Nr. 14") from 1859 Michael Thonet (2 July 1796 – 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker , known for the invention of bentwood furniture.

3. Bentwood - Wikipedia

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   Bentwood objects are made by wetting wood (either by soaking or by steaming), then bending it and letting it harden into curved shapes and patterns. Furniture-makers often use this method in the production of rocking chairs , cafe chairs, and other light furniture.

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. Rocking chair - Wikipedia

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   A Thonet rocking chair. A rocking chair or rocker is a type of chair with two curved bands (also known as rockers) attached to the bottom of the legs, connecting the legs on each side to each other. The rockers contact the floor at only two points, giving the occupant the ability to rock back and forth by shifting their weight or pushing ...

6. Amish furniture - Wikipedia

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   However, because Amish beliefs prevent the use of electricity, many woodworking tools in Amish shops are powered by hydraulic and pneumatic power that is run on diesel compressors. In recent years, the Amish furniture market has expanded to include online sales. The Amish craftsmen, because of their beliefs, are prohibited from running the ...

7. Swartzentruber Amish - Wikipedia

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   Charles Hurst and David McConnell: An Amish Paradox: Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2010 ISBN 9780801893988; Joe Mackall: Plain Secrets: An Outsider among the Amish, Boston, Mass. 2007. ISBN 9780807010648 (Account of a neighbor and friend to a Swartzentruber family)