Comments on: Thonet bentwood cradle. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

By: Joy Wyton

Joy Wyton — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:27:29 +0000

i was lucky enough to pick up 6 beautiful chairs off the street yesterday- J&J Kohn- how lucky was I . Feeing very blessed!!!!

By: zaida

zaida — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:10:18 +0000

i love thonet

By: Julio

Julio — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:56:55 +0000

Hola Claudia Caamaño: tengo mucho interés en cunas de este tipo, que estoy estudiando. Te agradecería mucho que te pusieras en contacto conmigo en http://stores.lulu.com/bentkohn. Un cordial saludo. Julio Vives

By: Claudia Caamaño

Claudia Caamaño — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:03:24 +0000

Hellow:

I am from The Museum of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
We have child cradle similar as the photo of Melbourne. It is signed: J & J Kohn and was buyed in the Universal Exhibition of Paris, in 1900.
It has some difference between the MoMa cradle and that one.

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:58:31 +0000

Because I have a Thonet cradle for sale (nothing as nice as this exquisite one), I happened to be in communications with the fine arts dealer who once owned this incredible piece.
He raised both his children with this cradle, sold it, and it now sits in the museum.
I assure you, this generous, marvelous man’s children were never left unattended. They are now 21 and 18 and visit their cradle in the museum.

By: Julio Vives

Julio Vives — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:36:13 +0000

Hello: it is a very exceptional bentwood cradle of Jacob & Josef Kohn, an austrian bentwood furniture enterprise of Moravia. It is striking that is a model of “Universal Exhibitions”, probably of the 1881 Melbourne Universal Exhibition where J & J Kohn won the first price. I have historical photos of other exhibitions (Paris 1878) with this (nearly the same) model. How can I get better photographs of this piece? It is better than the models that are in the MOMA (New York) and in the Orsay (Paris) where similar Kohn cradles are exhibited. Wonderful piece¡

By: Kitty Ray

Kitty Ray — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:18:14 +0000

You are reacting to “Rosemary’s Baby”. Children from homes with cradles like this were never left unattended. Even while sleeping, a nurse sat next to the bed.

By: razzbuffnik

razzbuffnik — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:24:20 +0000

I found myself wondering about the baby getting it’s limbs or even it’s head caught in the rather large gaps.

Now since you mention it, it is rather creepy and I can imagine a small baby being caught and held fast while the stinger does it’s job.

By: brooks

brooks — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:02:01 +0000

That is freakin’ scary. I would never place my (yet unborn) child in that thing. It looks like a sacrificial altar for the scorpion gods. The craftsmanship is impressive though.