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jukka
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08/04/2007 2:44 am  

is this really a fritz hansen product or not? what worries me is the bottom of the chair when this heavy plate is screwed as visible on bottom of the chair.


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08/04/2007 3:14 am  

fake jacobsen
I have two swans two eggs and a a teak wood table so i know what i am talking about that is not a real
Fritz Hansen piece maker for Arne Jacobsen


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08/04/2007 3:17 am  

fake jacobsen
It looks like to me someone has planted a Fritz Hansen label on the bottom of the chair . Hansen puts the metal inside the fabric.


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sharplinesoldtimes
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08/04/2007 3:55 am  

- and I don't remember Fritz...
- and I don't remember Fritz Hansen ever making clothes for children 🙂


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jukka
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08/04/2007 1:10 pm  

what do you mean?
what do you mean?


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sharplinesoldtimes
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08/04/2007 5:48 pm  

Oh, I see. My mistake. I...
Oh, I see. My mistake. I just copied the first link into search box and then changed the last two digits to see your other pictures. But on the two last links, I accidently wrote 36 and 48 instead of 46 and 38. That shows some different pictures 🙂
And now for something completely different. Please!


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jukka
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08/04/2007 6:02 pm  

🙂
ah,
any info regarding the chair in the picture?


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sharplinesoldtimes
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08/04/2007 8:13 pm  

I agree witht the others....
I agree witht the others. It's a fake.


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09/04/2007 3:30 pm  

Take a look
Take a look at the Fritz Hansen website, at the pictures section. there are one or two swans that clearly show this method of fixing the base to the chair.
I own a Swan chair that is the same as this, it was bought from a reputable london auction house as a genuine Fritz Hansen. I suspect this method of fixing is cheaper and easier than the old method of cutting the cloth around the post. A sign of the times sadly.


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sharplinesoldtimes
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09/04/2007 8:45 pm  

Really, AC04? - I've never...
Really, AC04? - I've never seen this version myself and I've seen hundreds of Swans. Can it really be? I mean, it looks horrible! Oh, poor AJ turning in his grave. First the Ant with four legs and now this.


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10/04/2007 12:22 am  

So it would seem
So it would seem, they are there on the Fritz Hansen website if you look closely you can see it on the pale blue and green chairs sat round the coffee table, and the one that I have is exactly the same as the pictures in the links. Same label, same fixing plate, same bolts.
I wonder if upholstery is done somewhere different, and then they bring the two pieces together. Probably a cost reduction, seems to be the way of the world now.
But all said, it's the same for sure. It's inellegant and rather crude to say the least.


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donsof
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10/04/2007 4:56 am  

Its a recent production by FH
This one is too easy.... Its a recent production by FH, not a fake and still better than the new ones selling on ebay for 700. This chair was an expensive chair new, because It was done right, they just made a steel base like no one would notice. The preferred base is the fluted, all cast aluminum base.
Knoll Studio was selling this chair up until about 3 years ago. List price was around 4600 dollars and you may have to pay half that if you went through Knoll or www.highbrowfurniture.com but neither no longer sell it.
You are flat wrong if you called it a fake.


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10/04/2007 10:06 am  

Buy it and have it reupholste...
Buy it and have it reupholstered.


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sharplinesoldtimes
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10/04/2007 3:53 pm  

Ah, I see. Well, I only hang...
Ah, I see. Well, I only hang out with the old Swans so ...


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Danish-homestore.com
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10/04/2007 6:45 pm  

It's the real deal
Hi all
the chairs are the new versions of swans that Fritz Hansen make.
The determining factor is to look for the Fritz Hansen logo and copy right mark in the alu base.
It is cast when the legs are made so a fake would not have this or it would be "engraved"


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