Studio Kokwet (founded 2014)
Kokwet lounge chair, 2019
Cypress and saddle leather
72 × 70 × 78 cm
Estimate KES 160,000–240,000
Bidding
Sold
KES 210,000
Hammer price. Buyer's premium of 20% and VAT on the premium are added.
About the work
A low cypress lounge chair with solid slab sides joined by round rails, and a slung tan saddle-leather seat and back wrapped around them.
Condition
Very good.
Provenance
Acquired from the makers.
The artist
Studio Kokwet is a furniture workshop in Ruaraka run by two cabinetmakers who met as apprentices. They work in cypress, olive wood and reclaimed hardwoods, with visible joinery and a few pieces of blackened steel, and make every piece to order. A kokwet is a council of elders; the studio's first piece was a long bench.
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