The Danes were not so very insistent that there is one and only one way to spell quite a few things, in my experience. Thus Pedersen can be spelled Petersen. Kristiansen, Christensen; Buck, Buch, etc, etc.
There actually is a vintage knockoff of this design that is extremely hard to spot. And Schou Andersen was not fond of marking its pieces so it is that much more impossible to tell.
That's true---and I know some Christensens but no Kristiansens, which doesn't help.
The spelling variations probably have to do with Viking runes. Or that they only started using actual surnames fairly recently in their history. Or that they drink a lot of beer and just don't care. Something!
To me they look like the real thing. And yes, people often find them comfortable. But you should try yourself. Ask, if the wishbone is a comfortable chair. Some will say yes, some will say no. It depends.
"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it." (Arne Jacobsen)
Me either, herringbone. They're sure beautiful to look at, though.
There's no way any chair can be universally comfortable, not with the gigantic spread of heights, weights, body shapes, and sitting postures of human beings. The only way to know what works for you is to sit in the chair. If you're lucky enough to be able to try it out for a long dinner, do that, too. There are some I like a lot at first but after an hour or two, not so much.
I have two friends who are 6'2" and 5'. I'm in the middle. There are a few chairs we all agree on as far as comfort goes, the rest are all over the place.
It would be nice to have different chairs, so everybody can relocate after an hour. We have Kristiansens model 42. They are very comfortable, indeed. But a bit low. For me the should be two or three centimeters higher. But the rest of my family is way shorter, for them the chairs are perfect.
"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it." (Arne Jacobsen)
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