Herman Miller and the Isamu Noguchi Museum weigh in on potential knockoffs Walmart, a company built on its lower price guarantee, made many budget-conscious shoppers happy when it announced it would be launching a home shopping site for furniture and decor in February, including affordable ?midcentury modern?-style pieces.
But if some of the deals seem too good to be true, well?they may just be. Among other offerings with an uncanny resemblance to midcentury design icons (like Hans Wegner?s Wishbone chair, or the Eames Office molded plastic chair), the Poly and Bark Sculpture Coffee Table for $309.99 has raised a few discerning eyebrows.
The piece is eerily similar to the famous wood-and-glass coffee table designed by Isamu Noguchi in 1947 for Zeeland, Michigan-based Herman Miller. Called the Noguchi Table, this hallmark of Noguchi?s modern, organic style is far from unknown?so far from unknown, it even spawned a viral Tumblr that documents tropes in interior design. Widely considered one of the most famous tables of the 20th century, a new version costs between $1,795 (black or natural cherry base) and $1,895 (walnut or white ash base) via Herman Miller?s retail branch, Design Within Reach.
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The real Noguchi coffee table

Walmart has not yet responded to requests for comment, and Curbed has not examined in person the goods being sold on Walmart?s website (described as a ?gorgeous Sculpture Coffee table at once timeless and mo...