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Born July 2, 1796 • Boppard • Germany
Died March 3, 1871 (aged 74) • Vienna • Austria
Movement / Style bentwood furniture

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Thonet, Michael: bentwood chair
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David Roentgen
European cabinetmaker
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Adam Weisweiler
French cabinetmaker
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John Henry Belter
American cabinetmaker
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Abraham Roentgen
European cabinetmaker
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Christopher Townsend
American cabinetmaker
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Job Townsend
American cabinetmaker
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Thomas Goddard
American cabinetmaker
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Stephen Goddard
American cabinetmaker
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John Goddard
American cabinetmaker
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John Townsend
American cabinetmaker
Chippendale, Thomas: drawing of a combined desk and bookcase
Thomas Chippendale
British cabinetmaker
Design for a library table by Thomas Sheraton, engraving from his book, The Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer and General Artist's Encyclopaedia (1805)
Thomas Sheraton
English furniture designer
Cartel clock with Louis XIV clockcase by Charles Cressent; in the Wallace Collection, London
Charles Cressent
French cabinetmaker
Design for a sofa by George Hepplewhite, engraving from his book, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1788).
George Hepplewhite
British cabinetmaker
Phyfe, Duncan: card table
Duncan Phyfe
Scottish-born American furniture designer
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Gustav Stickley
American designer
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John Cobb
English cabinetmaker
Majorelle, Louis
Louis Majorelle
French cabinetmaker
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Gerrit Jensen
British artist
Jewel casket on a stand, veneered with mahogany, sycamore, and purplewood, by Jean-Henri Riesener, c. 1780; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Jean-Henri Riesener
German cabinetmaker