Thonet
Michael Thonet (1796-1871) and his five children were the most successful manufacturers of furniture in the Industrial Age. Having been invited to develop a patent in Austria by Chancellor Metternich, to settle in Vienna, where in 1853 he founded the company “Gebrüder Thonet”. he company’s use of high technology and production techniques, together with widespread fame and a growing reputation, encouraged the most important Viennese architects, such as Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos, to design new