I have in my family what I absolutely believe to be a genuine Wegner Papa Bear -- I am almost 50 and grew up with this chair, it is still the most comfortable chair I have ever sat in. But recently I was looking at some of these online - vintage, new, etc., and then looked at mine. Underneath on the wood frame there is not the stamped ID 'Hans Wegner / AP Stolen' etc., however there is a circular badge of the 'Danish Furniture Makers Control' - it is actually a metal badge with a nail through the center.
So this is for the experts out there: do the id stamps sometimes wear off? Is it possible this was a fake purchased in the 50's (were they doing such things then?) And is the badge 'verifiable' in some way - and/or are there other ways to validate the authenticity as there is not the stamp?
I would say the quality of manufacture and the brown wool fabric could not have been faked -- but I am not an expert.
Concerned ....
The Danish Furniture Maker's...
The Danish Furniture Maker's Control Stamp appears to have originated in 1959, which is cited as the year the association was established (they celebrated their 35 anniversary in 1994).
I have my share of unmarked Danish furniture. A set of six Neils Møller Model 71 chairs with only "Made in Denmark" ink stamps, and no Møller markings or control stamp tags. Also an Edvard Kindt Larsen "504" coffee table that should have a France & Son tag, but has no markings at all. Neither of these items strikes me as being very economical to fake due to their organic, complex contruction, but I have no explanation for why they do not have the more typical markings one would expect.
http://www.dansk-mobelkontrol.dk/Posters.aspx
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