Baule, Ivory Coast: a low chair, assembled from many parts, with an integral seat set in relief.
Baule, Ivory Coast: a low chair, assembled from many parts, with an integral seat set in relief.
A chair of the Baule people, assembled from 6 light-coloured, brown hard wood pieces and originally dyed dark brown. The heavy and almost rectangular seat presents with a keylock shape carved out of its surface, as framed by a line in relief. The four short legs are round, with sculpturally designed foregrounded section, which are flat in some places. The backrest is decorated with three perforations. An object with old usage patina. No damage. Height: 61 cm (with back), 24 cm (seat); width: 42 cm (backrest); depth: 51 cm (seat). First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Austrian Private Collection.
Lit.:
'Afrikanische Sitze' by Sandro Bocola, ill. 18, p. 70, p. 72.
Expert: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
09.06.2016 - 17:00
- Vyvolávací cena:
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EUR 500,-
Baule, Ivory Coast: a low chair, assembled from many parts, with an integral seat set in relief.
A chair of the Baule people, assembled from 6 light-coloured, brown hard wood pieces and originally dyed dark brown. The heavy and almost rectangular seat presents with a keylock shape carved out of its surface, as framed by a line in relief. The four short legs are round, with sculpturally designed foregrounded section, which are flat in some places. The backrest is decorated with three perforations. An object with old usage patina. No damage. Height: 61 cm (with back), 24 cm (seat); width: 42 cm (backrest); depth: 51 cm (seat). First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Austrian Private Collection.
Lit.:
'Afrikanische Sitze' by Sandro Bocola, ill. 18, p. 70, p. 72.
Expert: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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