thonet krēsls

...šodien no rīta pamodos agri un patīkami...kaut gan sāp kakls, bet sajūta , ka viss rīts pieder tikai man ir lieliska...

apsēžos uz Thonet krēsla, kam mana krustmāte( māksliniece G.Giga) bija nozāģējusi kājiņas uz pusi īsākas, tā ap 1970 gadu.... un iedzeru tēju no manas omes Rivas tasītes(Venice(Royal semi-porcelain, Wood&Sons, England) ... apēdot nocenoto rukolu no Maximas dodos muzeja virzienā ...šķērsojot Viesturdārzu, kuru mana ome sauca par Ķeizarparku, tēvs par Pēterparku, manā bērnībā to dēvēja par  Dziesmusvētku parku, māmiņa Mirjama vienmēr teica, ka gājusi ar ratiņiem (kad biju maza) staigāt pa Viesturdārzu ...muzeja otrā stāvā V.Purvīša glezna izskatās kā metereoloģisks fakts par šodienas sniega- dubļu stāvokli Viesturdārzā....

bērni muzejā uzgleznoja visus darbus sarkanā toņu gammā( 18 gs. portretus, Rērihus, utt.)...

šķiet ka diena turpināsies tikpat veiksmīgi kā sākusies:)

/The No. 14 chair is the most famous chair made by the Thonet chair company. Also known as the bistro chair, it was designed by Michael Thonet in the 19th century using a unique steam-bending technology, known as bentwood, that required years to perfect. With its affordable price and simple design, it became one of the best-selling chairs ever made. Some 50 million No. 14s were sold between 1860 and 1930, and millions more have been sold since. ^[1]

Thonet’s No. 14 was made of six pieces of steam-bent wood, ten screws, and two nuts. The wooden parts were made by heating beechwood slats to 100 degrees Celsius, pressing them into curved cast-iron molds, and then drying them at around 70 degrees Celsius for 20 hours.^[2] The chairs could be mass produced by unskilled workers and disassembled to save space during transportation, an idea similar to flat pack Ikea furniture.

Later chairs, as illustrated here, were made of eight pieces of wood: two diagonal braces were added between the seat and back, to strengthen this hard-worked joint.

The design was a response to a requirement for cafe-style chairs. The seat was often made of woven cane/palm, because the holes in the seat would let spilt liquid drain off the chair.

Chair No 14, today known as 214, is still produced by Thonet./