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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tom Dixon, S Chair, rafia, 1987
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tom Dixon, S Chair, rafia, 1987
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tom Dixon, S Chair, rafia, 1987
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tom Dixon, S Chair, rafia, 1987

Tom Dixon UK, b. 1959

S Chair, rafia, 1987
Iron base supporting chair spine woven with rafia.
Original chair from Tom Dixon's workshop in the late 1980s

Note: Similar example in Victoria & Albert Museum, London
H 100 / W 52 / D 50 cm
With Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist.

Exh: 'Tom Dixon: Metalhead', Themes & Variations, 22 November 2023 - 13 January 2024
"The first chair we made 100 pieces. A blind weaver would arrive with his guide dog and a big bundle of rush. He could upholster one a day. It's a rapidly vanishing art."
Copyright The Artist
£ 7,500.00
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