the checklist for this modelCH24 Wishbone chair: real or reproduction
A genuine one typically changes hands at €750, and a good reproduction sells for €120 to €300. That gap is why you turn the piece over before you pay.
Below is the whole checklist we run on this model, 6 markers, written so you could run it by hand. Send your photos and we read the most decisive one free.
The markers that decide it
- 01
maker's stamp
Carl Hansen & Søn brands the frame, usually under the seat rail, with the maker name and often a Hans J. Wegner mark. The brand is burned or stamped into the wood, not printed. A paper label alone, or nothing, needs explaining.
- 02
paper cord weave
The seat is hand-woven paper cord, about 120 metres, in an envelope pattern with a taut, slightly domed surface and neat corner turns. Copies use thicker, shinier cord, a loose or machine-even weave, and messy corners.
- 03
top rail bend
One steam-bent piece forms the arm and back, with a scarf join hidden at the centre back and continuous grain around the curve. Copies show a laminated stack, a visible glue line, or short grain that runs off the curve.
- 04
Y splat
The Y is a single shaped piece, thin and lightly rounded, seated into mortises. A copy is thicker, flatter, or screwed on from behind.
- 05
joinery
Legs meet the seat frame with tight round mortises and no filler. Gaps, visible dowel ends, or screws through the frame are reproduction or repair.
- 06
patina
Oiled originals darken at the arms and the cord yellows on the seat front. Uniform new-looking cord under a dark frame means a reweave, which is common and should be declared.
This is an evidenced opinion read from photographs, never a certificate. A photograph cannot tell us what the piece weighs or how it sounds, and every report names what we could not check.
What one is worth
range as of September 2026
- low
- €450
- typical
- €750
- high
- €1,400
- good reproduction
- €120 to €300
Read from public results on Catawiki, LiveAuctioneers, Pamono, 1stDibs and Whoppah, for a piece in honest used condition. Condition, provenance and finish move it.
Check the one you are looking at
free · no account · CH24 Wishbone chairThe shots that decide it
If the piece is in front of you, take these. If it is still in the seller's house, look for them in the listing and ask for the ones that are missing.
- 01the underside of the seat, whole
- 02any brand, stamp or label under the seat or on a leg, close
- 03the Y-shaped back splat where it meets the top rail
- 04the top rail from above, showing the steam bend and the join
Add the photos
Up to six photos of the piece itself. Your own are the strongest evidence. The seller's photos out of the listing work too: copy an image from the listing and paste it here, or drag it straight onto this page. We say on your case which photos came from where, and a verdict read off a seller's photograph stops at moderate confidence. Renders, generated images and catalogue pictures of another example are refused.
Or drag photos here. From a listing in another tab: copy the image, then press ctrl and V to paste it.
Add at least one photo. The plate under the seat matters most.