Vogel Design

Set of four Vogel 'Nguni' ash wood and cord dining chairs, South Africa, 2006

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From early Cape furniture to mid-century classics and contemporary pieces, this selection of furniture, ceramics, glass and bronzes, traces a journey through more than two hundred years of South African design.


  • Vogel Design; Set of four Vogel 'Nguni' ash wood and cord dining chairs, South Africa, 2006
  • Vogel Design; Set of four Vogel 'Nguni' ash wood and cord dining chairs, South Africa, 2006
  • Vogel Design; Set of four Vogel 'Nguni' ash wood and cord dining chairs, South Africa, 2006
  • Vogel Design; Set of four Vogel 'Nguni' ash wood and cord dining chairs, South Africa, 2006


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ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
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Cape Town
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South Africa 2000 -
Set of four Vogel 'Nguni' ash wood and cord dining chairs, South Africa, 2006
each with a curved horseshoe-shaped backrest above a woven cord seat, raised on tapering cylindrical legs
(4)
height: 78cm; width: 53cm; depth: 54cm

Notes

These chairs reflect John Vogel's signature fusion of Scandinavian modernist restraint with African craft traditions.

The Nguni Chair gets its name from the indigenous Nguni Cattle of Southern Africa. The curved, linear rail of the backrest is designed to mimic the distinct sweeping shape of a Nguni cow's horn. The woven seat pays homage to the riempie (a traditional leather or cord weaving technique) commonly found in traditional South African furniture.

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