Since 1859 – the year when the first No. 14 Chair was introduced - more than 80 million units have been sold all over the world. You’ll recognise this chair from terraces and bistros across Europe or countless 19th-century paintings that have captured café culture on the continent ever since.

Also known as the Chair of Chairs, the design was born from the creative brain of designer and businessman Michael Thonet in Vienna. Not only was the manufacturing process of the beechwood revolutionary, but the No. 14 Chair was the first chair to be mass-produced on a production line. Unlike all other chairs of the epoch, this one was manufactured as separate parts and simply screwed together – a technique that is used worldwide in modern furniture construction.