the checklist for this modelEames Lounge Chair 670: real or reproduction
A genuine one typically changes hands at €4,500, and a good reproduction sells for €600 to €1,300. That gap is why you turn the piece over before you pay.
Below is the whole checklist we run on this model, 8 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 plate
Genuine chairs carry a printed or embossed medallion. Herman Miller US pieces show the company name with a date or a bar code; Vitra pieces show a Vitra logo and often a Charles and Ray Eames signature. Read the letterform, the depth of the stamp and the alloy. A copy typically has a thin, flat, laser-etched or glued badge, wrong kerning, or no plate at all.
- 02
shock mounts
Four rubber mounts bond the back shell to the arm shell. Originals are moulded rubber bonded to a metal disc, with a wide even glue line and often a legible mould number. Copies use small stamped steel brackets, visible screws through the ply, or thin rubber pads with a ragged edge.
- 03
ply count and edge
Original shells are five to seven ply rosewood, walnut or palisander with a crisp, continuous edge and grain that runs on across the curve. A copy shows a thick core, a taped or filled edge, printed grain, or an edge band whose colour does not match the face.
- 04
screw type
Factory hardware is consistent: hex or slotted machine screws with correct washers, seated square. Mixed Phillips heads, sheet-metal screws, or bright zinc replacements are a repair or a copy.
- 05
cushion stitching
Seven-panel cushions on originals; even thread tension, straight needle lines, piping turned without puckering, leather with a soft break. A copy shows fewer panels, wandering stitch lines, plastic-feeling coated leather, and foam that has never taken a body.
- 06
arm and back geometry
The original back shell sits at a distinct angle to the arm shell, with the headrest reading slightly narrower than the back. Copies often square the angle up and widen the headrest, which reads as a stiffer, upright chair.
- 07
base and glides
Five-star aluminium base, cast not tube, with rubber or plastic glides and a hollow spider. Chrome-plated steel tube, four legs, or a solid heavy base is a reproduction.
- 08
patina
A chair of this age wears at the armrest front edge, the seat front and the headrest. Even wear everywhere, or none at all on a chair sold as vintage, is a flag.
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
- €2,800
- typical
- €4,500
- high
- €8,500
- good reproduction
- €600 to €1,300
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Check the one you are looking at
free · no account · Eames Lounge Chair 670Take these shots
These are the shots that decide this model. Fill the frame, hold still, and use even light.
- 01the underside of the seat shell, whole, so the shock mounts and the plate are both in frame
- 02the maker's plate or label, filling the frame, in even light
- 03the edge of the plywood shell at the armrest, showing the ply layers
- 04one armrest from above, showing how the arm meets the back shell
- 05the cushion back, showing the stitching and the zip
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