the checklist for this modelEgg chair 3316: real or reproduction
A genuine one typically changes hands at €3,400, and a good reproduction sells for €500 to €1,200. That gap is why you turn the piece over before you pay.
Below is the whole checklist we run on this model, 5 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
base and stem
Fritz Hansen uses a satin aluminium four-star base with a specific blade profile and a cast stem. Copies use a thinner, brighter star, sharper edges, and a stem that wobbles in the shell.
- 02
maker's label
Look for a Fritz Hansen label or stamp under the shell or on the base, with a date code, and often a Republic of Fritz Hansen mark on newer chairs. Absent marks on a chair sold as authentic must be explained.
- 03
upholstery turn
The fabric or leather is turned around the shell edge in one piece with a single hidden seam at the back and no gathering at the curve. Copies show a piped edge, staples, or visible puckering on the tightest radius.
- 04
shell profile
The original wing profile narrows at the neck and the back curve is asymmetric top to bottom. Copies fatten the wings and round the neck, which reads immediately in profile.
- 05
tilt mechanism
Authorised chairs tilt smoothly with an adjustable mechanism and no clunk. A rigid or clicking swivel is a copy or a failed mechanism.
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
- €1,900
- typical
- €3,400
- high
- €7,000
- good reproduction
- €500 to €1,200
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 · Egg chair 3316The 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 base, whole
- 02any label or stamp on the base column or shell bottom, close
- 03the seam where the upholstery is turned at the shell edge, close
- 04the whole chair in profile
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.