Home Interiors: Guide to buying replica mid-century furniture

As with all furnishings, don’t get snagged simply by a look. Examine the substance beneath that cunning style

An authentic Womb lounger with foot-stool by Eero Saarinen from Knoll staged with a Tulip side-table.

Given the ongoing survival of the trade in affordable, premium reproduction of iconic mid-century design in Ireland, it’s clear that as buyers, many of us are not bothered when it comes to what we want to be seen and enjoyed in our homes — even where it’s an obvious pretender. 

Enjoying a wide array of budget-happy faux products, the lines refreshed with exquisite skill in Europe and Asia, Irish shoppers can still flout the spirit of the EU directive on copyright infringement intended to protect the estates of dead industrial designers and the creative integrity and fortunes of living ones.