THONET bar stool • S 32 H programme
The cantilever S 32 and its armrest variant S 64 are the best-known tubular steel classics. Marcel Breuer designed them while living in Berlin in 1928. Their versatility still makes them the best-selling cantilever chairs today, as they suit uncompromisingly modern interiors just as well as a mix of styles spanning different eras. Part of the appeal of these tubular steel icons lies in the attractive combination of new and proven: bentwood with airy Vienna cane weave for the seat and backrest embodies Thonet tradition, while the tubular steel frame — revolutionary at the time — represents the present and future. Thonet has produced both models since 1930. Thanks to their aesthetic reduction and clarity, these classics suit the widest range of settings, from conference rooms and waiting areas to restaurants and homes. The programme is extended by the swivel chair variants S 64 Atelier (VDR) and the bar stool S 32 VH.
The THONET S 32 H brings the cantilever chair to bar height: chrome-plated tubular steel frame, seat height 75 cm. It is available in five versions – with cane weave in a bentwood frame (S 32 VH), with plastic mesh upholstery (S 32 NH), with an upholstered seat and cane-weave backrest (S 32 SPVH) or with mesh-upholstery backrest (S 32 SPVNH), and fully upholstered (S 32 PVH). The frame is available powder-coated for a surcharge, and the bentwood parts in further stain tones as well as in oak, ash or walnut. POM plastic glides or felt glides are included.
- Design: Marcel Breuer, 1929/30 (artistic copyright Mart Stam)
- Type: bar stool
- Frame: tubular steel
- Frame version: chrome-plated (powder-coated available for a surcharge)
- Glides: POM plastic glides or felt glides (included)
- Version: seat and backrest in cane weave with plastic support fabric under the seat (DARK MELANGE for a surcharge) · seat and backrest in black plastic mesh upholstery (plastic mesh fabric) · upholstered seat, cane-weave backrest · upholstered seat, black plastic mesh backrest (upholstered seat, mesh-fabric backrest) · full upholstery
- Surface finish: beech I (stain tones beech II as well as oak, ash or walnut available for a surcharge; not applicable for full upholstery)
- Upholstery: black plastic piping, capped seam or double-stitched seam, leather III including comfort upholstery (upholstered seat with cane-weave backrest / upholstered seat with mesh-fabric backrest / full upholstery)
- Seat height: 75 cm (cane weave / plastic mesh fabric) · 76 cm (upholstered seat with cane-weave backrest / upholstered seat with mesh-fabric backrest / full upholstery)
- Weight: 9 kg (cane weave / plastic mesh fabric) · 10.3 kg (upholstered seat with cane-weave backrest / upholstered seat with mesh-fabric backrest / full upholstery)
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 48 x 61 x 112 cm
Full upholstery: With full upholstery, the seat shell is covered all round in fabric or leather, including the back. The wood surface is then no longer visible. This gives the chair a softer, calmer and more homely look than the mirror-upholstered version.
Comfort upholstery: Comfort upholstery is a particularly elaborate upholstery construction: depending on the model, a fine fleece is additionally sewn in. This makes the upholstery feel softer to sit on and, at the same time, more durable, as the cover is subjected to more even stress.

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