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Understanding a piece
The Scan · 47 articlesEvery article in the “The Scan” section, newest first.

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Jacobsen's Series 7: the real Fritz Hansen and its copies

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Eames Lounge Chair: the Original Against Its Copies

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Zara Home: What's Actually Worth It
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IKEA: 10 Pieces Inspired by Design Icons

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Gaetano Pesce's UP Series: The Manifesto Chair and Its Imitations

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The Lily-of-the-Valley Floor Lamp: The 1950s Original and Its Copies

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Prouvé's Standard Chair: the engineer against the copyists

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String System: the Swedish shelf and its distant cousins

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Componibili: the Kartell original costs less than its reputation

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Breuer's Cesca: the real thing, the licences, the copies

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Atollo: Magistretti's Lamp and Its Replicas

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Noguchi's Akari: What Separates the Lantern from Paper Lamps

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Noguchi Coffee Table: the sculpture and its counterfeits

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Camaleonda: Bellini's Sofa and the Invasion of the Clouds

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Egg Chair: Jacobsen's Shell and Its Replicas

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Saarinen's Tulip Table: the Knoll original and its imitations

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USM or IKEA: the modular face-off

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Wishbone CH24: the Wegner and its copies, down to the detail

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Panthella: the real Louis Poulsen and the tide of mushrooms

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Barcelona Chair: telling the Knoll edition from the replicas

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Panton Chair: the real Vitra against the copies

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Second-hand USM Haller: values, prices, pitfalls

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Mid-century: Italian, Scandinavian, French, American — the tells

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Tolix A56: the French industrial chair and its imitations

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Eames DSW: the real chair and all its copies

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Real Brass vs Fake: Colour, Weight, Patina

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Soriana, Mah Jong: the Italian modulars and their counterparts
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The Togo Sofa: the icon, its dupes, and should you buy one in 2026?

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PH5 / Louis Poulsen: the original and its replicas

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Dating Furniture by Its Screws and Joinery

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The Wassily Chair (Breuer B3): Knoll vs Reissue vs Dupe

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Panton Chair: the £33 copy versus the Vitra

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Reading a Maker's Mark: Knoll, Thonet, Cassina

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Pipistrello Lamp (Gae Aulenti): The Real Thing vs. the Replicas

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Arco lamp: real Flos or replica? The 10-second base test

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Maisons du Monde: the 'educational dupes' worth buying

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The LC4 Chaise Longue: the Cassina original versus its imitations

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How to Spot a Real Murano in 30 Seconds

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Kallax alternatives: 6 design storage systems that outclass it (+ a smart upgrade)

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Westwing: 8 Alternatives, Category by Category

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USM Haller: dupe or real? The details that give a copy away — and 5 alternatives

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Camaleonda: why it's everywhere

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The Most Searched Furniture Styles — June 2026

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Seen Everywhere: the opaline-glass mushroom lamp

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Internet's Favourite Chair — May 2026: Marcel Breuer's Cesca

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Peter Krauskopf's Studio, Berlin

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