Definition von bentwood im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ship's hulls etc)
> Sheets or rods of plywood that have been bent after having been made pliable with steam; a technique sometimes used early in the century by Michael Thonet and J & J Kohn and later by modernist designers such as Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames
Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships hulls etc)
Type of furniture made of wooden rods bent into shape after being heated with steam. The method was used on the 18th-century Windsor chair, but its principal exponent was Michael Thonet, who exploited its possibilities in the 1840s. His bentwood chairs are among the most successful examples of early mass-produced furniture. Bentwood is light, comfortable, and inexpensive, as well as strong and graceful