Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Is a replica just a "fake".

Is a replica just a "fake". Replica Eames chairs and tables turned up at my local ALDI, and frankly, I think it misses the point.
http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/dl-home/should-you-buy-replica-furniture-20140908-3f2o0.html

7 comments:

  1. It looks it - I think they'd collapse under the slightest  pretext. Mind you check out the price on a "real" Eames chair:
    http://livingedge.com.au/shop/224-eames-moulded-plastic-side-chair-dowel-leg-dsw-.html

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  2. sorry , but the realthing is still something I would never want.

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  3. me neither, - a replica of something that looks cheap and flimsy (and uncomfortable) seems really bizarre to me!

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  4. then again, most of my furniture has been given to me, or stuff I've scavenged  from the verge.

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  5. me too. it all matches, wicker and glass and white leathermasters, and a 100 year old pouffe I rescued from a bonfire..its sprung and perfect to sit on when painting

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