Kuba cloth, Congo - 8.1 Wine Size: 375cm (L) × 65cm

Size: 375cm (L) × 65cm (W)

while its handmade nature gives it a sense of authenticity that mass-produced furniture cannot replicate

plant stand or low stool

Size : 15cm D x 18cm H

Kuba cloth, Congo - 8.1 Wine Size: 375cm (L) × 65cmA handwoven Kuba cloth from the Democratic Republic of Congo, worked from the fibre of the raffia vinifera palm. Each is the result of many hands: men weave the base cloth on inclined single heddle looms, it is then pounded soft in a mortar, and the women finish it with embroidery, appliqu, patchwork and natural vegetable dyes in the Kuba palette of ivory, brown, clay red and indigo. The patterns are elaborate geometries of squares and rectangles,