authentication for iconic design furniture

Real or
reproduction,
decided marker
by marker.

Your listing closes tonight. Upload photos of the piece; we read the most decisive marker on it and tell you what we see, free.

Check your piece

The first read is free and takes about a minute. No account. Or write to us and a person answers.

no account · no subscription · one payment for one report

Macro photograph of the underside of a moulded plywood seat shell, showing the shock mount and the maker's plate

The markers

A marker is one physical thing we check. Each model has its own ordered checklist, and we teach the check while we run it.

maker's plate: The letterform, the stamping depth and the alloy, read at 4x.
shock mounts: How the mount is bonded to the shell, and whether it was replaced.
screw type: The head and thread the factory actually used in that year.
veneer: Ply count, the edge, and whether the grain runs on across the shell.
joinery: How the frame is cut and fitted where a copy takes the shortcut.
stitching: Thread tension, needle holes, and how the piping is turned.
patina: Wear where a piece of this age is worn, and nowhere else.

The checklists are written and reviewed by a photographer who designs and restores high-end furniture, and who has had these pieces apart on a workbench.

Macro photograph of hand stitching in aged black leather upholstery — every finding cites the crop of your photo that produced it

The catalogue

Ten models covered today, chosen where reproductions are rampant and the money gap is enormous. More as the asking tells us which.

Eames Lounge Chair 670
Eames shell chairs
Barcelona MR90
Wassily B3
CH24 Wishbone
Egg 3316
LC2 Grand Confort
Noguchi table IN50
PH 5
Arco

Anything outside it is not covered yet. We would rather say nothing than guess.

Macro photograph of a worn slotted flat-head screw and washer seated in dark walnut

free

The decisive marker

One crop of your own photo, the marker named, and what we see in two sentences. A verdict of genuine, reproduction or inconclusive, with a confidence of high, moderate or low.

€29, one payment

The full report

Every marker in the checklist against your photos, including the ones we could not check and why. The dated price band with what a good reproduction sells for, the lines to send the seller, and a link that stays.

What we are not

not a certificate

We publish an evidenced opinion. No seal, no stamp, and every report names what we could not see.

not a guess

When your photos cannot carry a check, we name the exact shot we need and there is no charge.

not a scanner