Milo Baughman for Design Institute of America

I have the opportunity to pick up this pair of chairs but would like some feedback on whether they may actually be authentic Milo Baughman, as they are stated to be, before I pay Milo Baughman prices for them. The only label is the "Penalty of Law" tag from Design Institute of America and I have heard he did some work for them and also that he hadn't. Any help would, as always, be appreciated.

 

I don't know if you have seen this or not. In this blog, a DIA company rep apparently responded to a query first that Baughman did some work for them but later corrected himself, saying that he never worked for them.....

http://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/Milo-Baughman-alternate-arms-for-DIA

For what it is worth, I always thought DIA did knock-offs and reissues.

 

To my eye,they dont look as 'polished',for lack of a better word,as Baughman. Id buy them, they have a cool look,but I wouldnt pay a huge amount.

 

I am no expert so take this for my humble opinion. There was a store in Boston's Back Bay that carried a lot of his furniture. For years, I would stop in an look. I never saw tall back rounded chairs by him. They were always the shorter rounded barrel shape.