An Asante "Asipim" chair
An Asante "Asipim" chair
£1,650
Category
Reference
3587
The wooden frame with all-over nail decoration with a brass sheet seat and back below and arched top flanked by turned brass finials. With unsual knot stretchers.
Asante people, Ghana. Circa 1940s
Asipim chairs were associated with people of high social standing and it was a mark of prestige to own many of them.
Dimensions:
Height
95 cm / 37 1⁄2"
Width
50 cm
/ 19 3⁄4"
Depth
60 cm
/ 23 3⁄4"
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