Thonet Chair questions.  

Patent
I looked it up on Google Patent Search and came up with this:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=hnlyAAAAEBAJ&dq=thonet+chair&num=30
Hopefully this will help with your search for more information.

I put Black's link into the link location
hope this helps
http://www.google.com/patents?id=hnlyAAAAEBAJ&dq=thonet+chair&num=30

Thanks Black651
I've been watching this thread. Thank you for posting this patent information. It enabled me to identify my own Thonet chairs. I didn't know the google patent search existed.

I've always wondered:
Is it pronounced:
tho-NE ?
TOnet ?
THOnet ?
I always assumed it was tho-NE
Clarify it, please

.
tonnit, ton-net, I'm pretty sure.
thats a funny one I've had pronounciations problems in the past.
cor-boo-see-ay 🙂

Supposedly, pronounced "Tone It"
(...though I can't recall when-- or where-- I learned this "correct" pronunciation.)

pronounced in the french...
pronounced in the french way: you drop the 't' at the end.

Heath
I'm certain that the British pronounced the word as if it was an English word.
in the same way they call a garage "GAR-AGE" when everyone else called it a "ga-RAGE"!