Comments on: Vintage Furniture – Real or Fake? Eames Lounge Chair & Ottoman

By: TheMonk

TheMonk — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:02:50 +0000

Hello.

Concerning the non existence of a painted wood finish, I did find this interesting information on the Vitra website:

http://www.vitra.com/en-pt/home/products/lounge-chair-ottoman/detail/

Check out the “black base with polished aluminium detail, shell cherry black lacquered”.

TheMonk

By: Judy Dain

Judy Dain — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:56:06 +0000

I am selling a Eames era lounge/ottoman set from an Estate. It looks like a Plycraft and is in very good condition, but has no labels. Is there any way I can be sure it is a Plycraft? The wood on the back looks like either mahogany or cherry. Do you know what kind of wood Plycraft used? If you send me your email, I will send you a picture. I have tried attaching the craigs list ad where you can see a picture. I am lowering the price tomorrow.

By: Maternity Wedding Dresses

Maternity Wedding Dresses — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:07:10 +0000

My brother in law has this exact fiece and I fell asleep in it at Christmas. It might be pricey but it’ll last a lifetime and is timeless!

By: Gugisman

Gugisman — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:13:13 +0000

I have a knockoff that has a one piece backrest, 4 leg bases, and spring-tensioned mount by “faultless doerner waterloo ontario canada”. It seems to be well made. Any ideas at all? I could email an image if you’re willing to look.

By: Wayne Chen

Wayne Chen — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:23:09 +0000

I recently bought a Lounge Chair of exact look as per your description of an Eame’s lounge chair. There are two lables, the round one said Designed by George Nelson (Gold colour sticker), the other one is pretty much the same. Both of the lable indicate the chair is a Herman Miller. Do you ever see this configuration? Thank you.

Wayne

By: Mark Fisk

Mark Fisk — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:07:43 +0000

Theres been some very close knock offs but any chair base with a spring box on the bottom of the seat would be the defining clue,in the China versions the roughness in the cast parts and the too squared edges of the wood pieces would be a tip off.Herman Millers quality is very high so look for that in your chair, as the old saying goes, ” If in doubt,walk away”

By: Slawek

Slawek — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:21:58 +0000

Hello, I have one chair which is (I took this info from bottom labels) Plycraft Inc. designed by George Mulhauser. I was starting to find out something about this chair, because two screws from hardware are missing. I’m contractor and this chair I’m took from my job (demolition place, because this chair should to go to garbage!) on Manhattan, where we start new job.

But I’m not sure that, this is thing from right place. And I can’t find anywhere any info about this model of chair, including value. I did pictures of this chair which I can send to show.
One thing I have to say, this chair is really so comfortable and made very good.

Can You help me with that?!
Slawek.

By: tony

tony — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:02:01 +0000

I had thought that the older versions had feathers or down in the cushions and the new ones foam? In terms of comfort, if I’m going to by an authentic eames lounge chair, am I better buying new or vintage, or where they all in fact made with the same filling?

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:06:03 +0000

Thanks for your helpful information on these chairs! I was easily able to identify my chairs were Plycraft after reading your postings. Good to hear that even the knock offs hold some value.

Dan

By: Ron May

Ron May — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:04:46 +0000

There is another way to tell if what you are buying is vintage: the vintage (rosewood) shells have five layers of plywood, and the newer (Santos rosewood, walnut, cherry) versions have seven layers. The older sets may also have “Dome of Silence” in raised printing on the hard rubber spacers on the leveling screws under the base of both the chair and ottoman. These were discontinued only recently; I have a cherry set from 1996 and the chair and ottoman both came with these older “vintage” spacers. On the really really old sets, the aluminum mounts attached to the headrest and back of the chair were made of hard rubber and not plastic. There’s probably more…