Two-Seater Garden Bench, Thonet Brothers, Austria, 1st Third 20th Century

White painted bench with steel rails and wooden slats by Thonet brothers. This is an early model. The series of garden furniture in steel rail construction is illustrated in the catalog of 1886. Provenance: Private property of Victor & Martha Thonet, who lived in Schloss Lehenhof near Scheibbs in Austria from 1925 to 1939. The furniture can be seen in the background of the photo "Victor & Martha Thonet in front of Lehenhof around 1935". Source: Victor & Martha Thonet Archive, Vienna 2016.