Kokwet low table, 2020. Olive wood.
Lot 6

Studio Kokwet (founded 2014)

Kokwet low table, 2020

Olive wood

34 × 120 × 70 cm

Estimate KES 240,000–350,000

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  6. KES 140,000 Paddle 120 Online 06:55
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  8. KES 120,000 Paddle 184 Online 06:37

About the work

A low table cut from wild olive, with a thick top that follows the edge of the tree on one side and three short, tapered legs.

Condition

Very good. A few fine surface marks to the top.

Provenance

Acquired from the makers, 2020; private collection, Nairobi.

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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