LOUNGE CHAIR - TAHITIAN MOTHER OF PEARL STRIPS

A beautiful dining chair where the backrest is made of Tahitian Mother of Pearl Shell marquetry. These once discarded shells have been beautifully transmuted by skilled artisans. The process of marquetry involves carefully cutting this exotic material, that can be very delicate, into small rectangular strips where the size and shape has to be identical. And then it gets in-laid one by one in a horizontal fashion to create the pattern where the colours gradate from yellowish beige to black.