I am a retired cabinet maker living in San Francisco. I received a Rove Eames lounge pallisander rosewood/Modena black on 2/9/16. I have visited the Design Within Reach showroom here twice and sat in 2 of their Herman Miller Eames original lounge chairs. The Rove chair sits, feels, flexes exactly like the Miller Eames'. The comfort level in both chairs is excellent. Workmanship is also identical. The Miller chair was pallisander rosewood with their entry level semi-aniline leather with a protective top coat for $4,700. The leather on my Rove is also semi-aniline, top coat but of much nicer quality, softer, and looks totally natural whereas the Miller looked slightly artificial. The other Miller chair, pallisander/full aniline no top coat went for $6,900 and looked very similar to the Rove Palermo leather which I have a sample of. I had a bad experience with another leather couch, full aniline no top coat which faded in sunlight and easily stained, so I ruled out the Palermo leather even though it is slightly more supple. Bottom line- the Rove Eames lounge chair is identical to the Herman Miller original with the Modena leather being preferable to the Miller entry level leather. This is a savings of $2,900 or 38% of the Miller.