Lounge chair, c. 1965. Teak and woven cane.
Lot 4

Nairobi workshop (1950s–1970s)

Lounge chair, c. 1965

Teak and woven cane

78 × 68 × 80 cm

Estimate KES 140,000–200,000

Bidding

Sold

KES 280,000

Hammer price. Buyer's premium of 20% and VAT on the premium are added.

How bidding works

Bids · 21

  1. KES 280,000 Paddle 335 Online 01:09
  2. KES 260,000 Paddle 427 Online 01:07
  3. KES 240,000 Paddle 284 Online 01:07
  4. KES 220,000 Paddle 114 Online 01:07
  5. KES 200,000 Paddle 462 Online 01:07
  6. KES 190,000 Paddle 427 Online 01:05
  7. KES 180,000 Paddle 404 Online 01:05
  8. KES 170,000 Paddle 129 Online 01:05
  9. KES 160,000 Paddle 492 Online 01:04
  10. KES 150,000 Paddle 134 Online 01:04
  11. KES 140,000 Paddle 355 Online 01:04
  12. KES 130,000 Paddle 168 Online 01:02
  13. KES 120,000 Paddle 343 Online 00:59
  14. KES 110,000 Paddle 341 Online 00:57
  15. KES 100,000 Paddle 427 Online 00:57
  16. KES 95,000 Paddle 344 Online 00:55
  17. KES 90,000 Paddle 295 Online 00:55
  18. KES 85,000 Paddle 443 Online 00:55
  19. KES 80,000 Paddle 104 Online 00:52
  20. KES 75,000 Paddle 134 Online 00:52
  21. KES 70,000 Paddle 295 Online 00:31

About the work

A low lounge chair with a sloping cane back and seat in a slender teak frame, its arms ending in flat, rounded paddles. One of a group made for a guest house in Muthaiga and kept together until 2019.

Condition

Good. The cane has been rewoven. Some fading to the teak.

Provenance

A guest house, Muthaiga; private collection, Nairobi.

The artist

In the years either side of independence, a handful of joinery workshops in Nairobi's Industrial Area made modern furniture in teak, mahogany and cane for new houses, offices and hotels. Few pieces were marked, and makers are rarely known, but the best of them are made as carefully as anything of their time.

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