Help with Bertoia side chairs

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schef MCM

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12/03/2011 5:24 pm

So recently a cousin of mine was painting a house, and the woman whos house was being repainted was a collector and very rich, she decided to give him a set of 4 Bertoia side wire chairs as a gift. Whether they are real or not is my question, there have been many look a-likes and fakes...some look good enough to be real and the others are typically over flared on the top and bottom, I have never owned a Bertoia side chair so haven't had much time to examine them... tell me what you think...

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schef MCM

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12/03/2011 5:25 pm

sorry about the pics!
they look almost like sepia...cell phone camera

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Modern Love

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12/03/2011 6:07 pm

Did you check the pads
for a label?

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schef MCM

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12/03/2011 6:20 pm

yeah...
apparently the pads where added later.

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12/03/2011 7:10 pm

Some close up pics would...
Some close up pics would help of the wires and brackets. Bit hard to tell from those images but they look 'right' from what I can see.

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13/03/2011 12:39 am

Yes
They look right in the photo, but better pics would help.

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MadHaus

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13/03/2011 12:39 pm

yes....
these are real. There hasnt been a company that has produced them like this yet, (besides Knoll)

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schef MCM

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13/03/2011 12:40 pm

thankyou
so many reproductions these days...

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13/03/2011 12:49 pm

real...
By looking at the top row you can count how many spaces (squares) there are and the numbers are all right, typically they screw this up, I believe that they are real. the other way to tell is by how the base connects, the reproductions use 6 screws instead of 4, and sometimes the way the base connects is completely different.

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