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Bentwood Furniture from the High Museum of Art Collection
From june 30 to december 2 2001
Decorative art
Ethnology and society
Bentwood pieces of furniture are made of glued wood molded into curved designs. Most of the pieces, made in Austria from 1850 to 1925, were created by the Brothers Thonet, a Vienna firm whose work is recognized as the predecessor for much of today's designs.