Nairobi workshop (1950s–1970s)
Lounge chair, c. 1965
Teak and woven cane
78 × 68 × 80 cm
Estimate KES 140,000–200,000
Bidding
Current bid
KES 80,000
3 bids · Reserve not yet met
Time left
11m 09s
Closes 15:06
Bids · 3
- KES 80,000 Paddle 284 Online 14:54
- KES 75,000 Paddle 104 Online 14:50
- KES 70,000 Paddle 234 Online 14:37
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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