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 95,000
6 bids · Reserve not yet met
Time left
4m 00s
Closes 20:06
Bids · 6
- KES 95,000 Paddle 152 Online 19:57
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- KES 70,000 Paddle 271 Online 19:33
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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