Ostensibly the No.14 designed by Thonet in 1859 but this set of three are from an unknown manufacturer as the patent ran out for the No.14 in 1880 and other firms were quick to copy and list it in their own catalogues carrying over the same name of Vienna Chair.

We found these chairs as part of a mixed set which appear to have originated from the same establishment, with each chair marked with the initials P.V.C. These chairs are most likely to have come from the Habsburg Empire, much like their legitimate Thonet counterparts, manufactured between 1890 and 1910. Very few differences set them apart only the hardware and the lack of Gebruder Thonet Label and stamp, otherwise they share the same design and charm of the first No.14’s from Thonet.