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	title of this thread your message Wow... hard to imagine that was me writing the initial post way back when. As to the new chair in question, absolutely fake. A local knock-off store has this copy. At a glance it is a decent copy in terms of most details, but the proportions are wrong, the leather is wrong, and the woodgrain is wrong. And my guess would be the base is gone because that's the biggest give-a-way on this copy. The wood is not actually cherry - it is ash with a cherry stain. Cherry tends to much tighter grain, with very little texture. And the new production HermanMiller/Vitra chairs are almost glass smooth, with no physical wood texture. Armrests are way too thick, and the photo of the screws shows them at the wrong angle - going perpendicular into the underside of the pads, vs at a diagonal on the authentic chairs. And almost missed it in the photos, but if you look closely there is a metal brace tucked under the armrests holding the back shell to the base. The chair below shows the same coarse grained wood, the same thick armrests, and the faux base - and you can see why it's missing... associated web images (optional) associated web link (optional) your email your password create a forums account \| you forgot your password?