Hi all,
I know there have been several threads on how to tell if a wishbone chair is authentic, and I thought this anecdote might be useful.
I was at an auction preview recently and looking at the pair of chairs they'd listed as authentic Wegner. The chairs were CERTAINLY old.... but I could tell they were wrong. The back piece was solid wood, not laminated, the side verticals were not totally round, the tops of the legs were too square. I found the specialist and told her my suspicions, and she was skeptical, thought maybe they were just very early production... Then I went and looked the chairs over some more, and found a faintly impressed "Made in Spain" on the leg. She changed her description.
So there you go: old, vintage knock-offs of Wegner wishbone chairs.
Stacey
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