Wood Kuba Stool

A crisp black cube, topped with a cushion of maze-like Kuba cloth.

This Kuba stool is contemporary, from the Primitive Collection, in oak and Kuba cloth. Kuba cloth, woven from raffia palm fiber by the Kuba peoples of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is prized for improvised geometric patterns that often seem to change their minds halfway across. The base is a plain square box of black-stained oak with visible grain, set on a recessed plinth so it appears to float. The padded seat is upholstered in natural raffia cloth embroidered with dark interlocking lines and angles. It is 15.75 inches long, 15.75 deep and 19.5 high.

Modern on the outside, while the cushion keeps the conversation going.