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Born on this day... Michael Thonet 2 July 1796, Boppard,
Died: March 3, 1871, Vienna, Austria was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture. In the 1830s, Thonet began trying to make furniture out of glued and bent wooden slats. Thonet's essential breakthrough was his success in having light, strong wood bent into curved, graceful shapes by forming the wood in hot steam. This enabled him to design entirely novel, elegant, lightweight, durable and comfortable furniture, which appealed strongly to fashion - a complete departure from the heavy, carved designs of the past - and whose aesthetic and functional appeal remains to this day.
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