I am interested in some Eames furniture but the seller is not able to provide me with anything substantial to authenticate them and they were originally bought at a flea market. There are no marks or stickers.
What are some surefire ways to identify a real Eames piece? Dimensions, wood structure, screw types?
Thanks for your help!
As I have very little...
As I have very little firsthand experience with Eames designs, the occasional Eames threads in this forum have been great for me to slowly learn about various pieces over the last two years.
While I hope to eventually be able to accurately ID the era and authenticity of a piece on sight, I am still at the check-for-certain-features stage.
To that extent, is it safe to say that if the spine of a DCW or LCW tapers in thickness as it extends upwards towards the backrest, that it is authentic and early/middle production? (i.e. do any replicas/knockoffs have tapering spines?)
I am also looking for wood wear, shockmount shape, screw pattern/types, etc, but these criteria can be modified or misrepresented by shady/clueless sellers. Tapering interior plies of the spine does not sound like an easy con.
At this stage, I am less concerned about finding an all-original Evans, and more interested in being able to quickly ID an early/middle authentic piece. Thanks.
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