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	title of this thread your message When I was redecorating my home several years ago I also purchased and Eileen Gray E 1027 table. Being a child of the '50s I grew up with & loved modern design but was not really familiar with many of the designers. Moving to Connecticut (land of very traditional designs) I had one heck of a time finding any store that could fill my needs until I went over the border several years ago to The Modern (Yellow) Furniture Barn in Armonk, NY (they have since closed after many years in business and I have never recovered). A lovely young sales girl/design consultant was great at helping us. We purchased lots of wonderful designs and need a small table to finish the look. She suggested the beautiful little Eileen Gray E 1027 table. I just fell in love with the design and was sold. How could something from the 1920's be so beautiful and timeless? I educated myself quite a bit in furniture design and had never realized how many beautiful pieces of furniture were made so long ago and still looks like it was created yesterday! After purchasing the table I started checking around and found that there was quite a discrepency in price, from a high of about $100 to quite a bit more. I paid a lot for mine and was concerned about it's authenticity. I had been purchasing items of quality and was hoping to pass them down to my children to enjoy (and last as opposed to Target Store stuff, whom BTW, also sells our dear Eileen Gray table). When my table was delivered there were absolutely not marking or serail number on it. I called the salesgirl & she informed me that it was made in Europe (I can't remember where) by the same company and specifications of the original table and that none of them are marked. I was skeptical, thanked her and left it at that. I love my table, it appears to be of high quality, and won't give it up. ~L [A bunch of years ago I was a huge fan of buying knock-offs (bags, wallets, scarfs, etc)& had a ball shopping at the great NYC Flea markets. You could buy for cheap, look great, they would last a year and then you were on to the next best thing. I became turned off at the whole knock off thing when $1- $10 fun buys started to sell for not much less then the real deal.] associated web images (optional) associated web link (optional) your email your password create a forums account \| you forgot your password?