Ironwood chair, carved with World Cup Soccer and animal motifs, dated 2010, South Africa. Height: 42" Hemingway African Gallery
As we were browsing the online catalog for our post, A Global Collection of Antique Chairs, we came across this serendipitous surprise from Hemingway African Gallery. With World Cup 2014 fever sweeping the globe, it feels only right to profile this relic of both the near and distant past. Notably the first World Cup hosted in Africa, the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa continues to be a source of great continental pride–a feeling that animates this playful ironwood chair carved in the traditional style of African birthing chairs, emblazoned with “World Cup 2010” woven between an interlocking menagerie of animals native to Africa, including the lion and the elephant. Contact here for details.
Chair detail view
