We present here, almost exclusively, seats coming from Africa, those from Asia being very rare, their populations prefering to sit directly onto the floor.
More than any other piece of furniture, seats from black Africa adopt forms of remarkable inventiveness and are of a very wide variety of styles. Their smooth surfaces not only invite to rest, but also show very sophisticated ornamentations. The technical skill and imagination of traditional craftmen contributes to increase the prestige of the owner of the seat, and the most ornate can also be used to promote a political position. No other non-European civilization offers such varied forms of seats; from the throne of a chieftain to the stool of common use, with variety from one tribe to another…
Part of the collection of the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva is here online.
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African bench A3
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Afro chair FV6
$ 500 Add to cart -
Afro chair FV7
$ 587 Add to cart -
Afro chairs FV12
$ 207 Add to cart -
Afro chairs FV13
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Afro chairs FV16
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Ashanti stool FV6
$ 559 Add to cart -
Ashanti stool N2A
$ 673 Add to cart -
Bamun Stool AF12
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Bamun stool N1E
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Borneo stool BO3
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Ethiopian Chair AF7
$ 1,397 Add to cart -
Hehe Stool FVS8
$ 580 Add to cart -
Kora-stool AF101
$ 656 Add to cart -
Kusu stool FV2
$ 463 Add to cart -
Mossi stool A31A
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Mossi stool AF47
$ 587 Add to cart -
Mossi stool AF67B
$ 328 Add to cart -
Tribal table FVT1
$ 794 Add to cart