List A- late 19th C/ early 20th C

 

Arne Jacobsen introduced his chairs almost a century after Michael Thonet launched his. Despite the vast amount of time between them, both their styles were governed by a sense of functionalism. Jacobsen expressed his through geometric shapes while Thonet emphasized on clean lines. Both of them dabbled with plywood in the construction of their chairs. What sets the two plywood chairs apart, other than their form, would have to be their manufacturing processes. The pressure moulded veneer No. 7 chair is the result of the lamination technique. In contrast, Thonet’s No. 14 chair was steam-bent.