authentic knoll upholstered marcel breuer cesca arm chair?

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difeliciantonio

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16/03/2015 11:40 pm

I picked up this chair today and was wondering if it is genuine Knoll. i know that can be difficult if there is no label. if it is can it be dated using the upholstery pattern?here is what i see on this chair-constant radius on bends so a mandrul bender was used -very well built and very heavy for this chair-pipe end caps on the arms have no seams where they meet the tubbing (looks like welded, filed down and then chrome coated)-torn off remant papaer label and then another label on other side talking about care of upholstry and not to smoke in chair if dizzy due to it being a fire hazard
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difeliciantonio

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17/03/2015 1:48 am

I carefully pulled out a few staples to get a look underneath the underside fabric. Seems like a vacuform polystyrene
And there is the care label that was on the chair. There was a remnant of another label but it is such a tiny piece that all I can make out is what I think says "no 7T5"

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difeliciantonio

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17/03/2015 2:38 am

I am now thinking that this is a thonet version and not knoll

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Kyle James

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21/03/2015 4:49 am

I also think that this is a Thornet chair. Ive noticed that the Knoll versions have a small amount of curve on the backrest were as this one you have seems to have less.

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Kyle James

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21/03/2015 4:51 am

Also if you look at the front of the chair it seems as is your version hangs over just a tiny bit more then the Knoll version, I could be wrong but from the pictures it seems like that.

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difeliciantonio

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21/03/2015 5:38 am

yeah. i found a few thonet chairs photos online, althrough with differnt upholstry, had the exact same everything and care lable

i can say with certainty its thonet

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