I've just bought this large Platner ottoman. The sellers says its real, but I can't get the dimensions to fit. My ottoman is circa 26,8 inches wide and 16,5 inches high, but the ones on 1stdibs are around 14 - 16 inches high and 24 - 25 inches wide. What is your opinion, should I ask to get my money back?
I've never seen Platner...
I've never seen Platner fakes, but I HAVE seen real Platner bases married to non-original tops: stools made into side tables and vice-versa, a dining-table top on a coffee-table base, etc.
Is it possible that your ottoman was built from a table base? Or that the ones on 1stdibs were? I have no idea what the dimensions of the ottoman should be, but current-production coffee tables are about 15" high, with a base diameter of 18.5".
Probably real
I'd bet it's real as I've never seen the Platner ottoman knocked off before. But then I was not aware that any of the Platner designs were being copied until I was made aware of this Canadian company selling bad knock-offs:
http://www.designaddict.com/design_addict/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/th...
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