Technology

The technique of wood bending in a steam bath has been practised in Bystrice pod Hostynem for almost 150 years already. It concerns production technology of beech wood furniture, which is based on steaming a piece of wood by saturated steam in order to allow its easier bending. The hand-made bend of a backrest part of not only the most famous chairs No. 14 and No. 18 is executed by means of a mold, a shape of which copies a special flange preventing the bent wood cracking. The steam technique is also used for seat bending, which is more automated at present.