March 5th, 2010 | 
Author: The first bistro chairs were invented by Michael Thonet in the late 1800s. These were of a simple bentwood design with a caned seat bottom. Today, a bistro chair generally refers to any small simple chair that is used in restaurants or pubs set around an equally small table. Unlike the original bistro chair, these newer versions sometimes come with weighted legs so as to prevent their being tossed about easily.
In an odd twist, very often these chairs are made of tubular steel shaped almost identically to the original Michael Thonet chair. Other versions of the chairs sometimes include attachment to a small table in a miniature restaurant booth setting. Generally speaking, bistro chairs are not designed to be comfortable so much as small and portable. Many are also designed as stackable chairs. Currently popular are cast iron versions of bistro chairs which serve as petite lawn furniture.
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