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

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KES 220,000

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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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