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A monograph
of the workshop.

A small selection of pieces, drawn from the workshop's quieter archive — chairs, sofas, side tables and outdoor installations completed in our family workshop in Windhoek across more than five decades.

Of the Collection
Ten plates · drawn from a workshop of more than fifty‑seven years.
Plate I — The Signature Form
Tan leather lounger with curved seat and hardwood splayed legs — the signature Carlo Upholstery form
Plate I — Signature

The Lounger.

— a piece of furniture that asks you to slow down. A single, continuous curve in soft tan leather, anchored on a pair of splayed hardwood legs.

Few pieces leave the workshop that aren't variations on this form somehow. Soft pebble‑grain leather pulled in a single continuous skin from headrest to footroll, three button details set by hand along the spine, hardwood feet that lift the whole shape just clear of the floor. It is the chair our clients keep coming back for.

  • CoverPebble‑grain leather, hand‑stretched
  • FrameLocal hardwood, dark stain
  • DetailThree hand‑set buttons along the spine
  • Lead time3 — 5 weeks per piece
Plates II — X

From the archive.

A handful of recent and remembered commissions — chairs given a second life, sofas built from a single conversation, outdoor installations made to weather a Namibian summer, side tables to live next to a favourite armchair.

II Plate Vintage occasional chair recovered in floral linen with tapered wooden legs
Reupholstery · Occasional

Occasional chair, recovered.

Inherited frame, fully stripped and re‑sprung. Recovered in a soft floral print. Tapered legs refinished. — Klein Windhoek residence.

III Plate Tan leather three-seater sofa with geometric pattern back cushions
Custom · Living

Three‑seater in tan leather.

Solid leather base, woven geometric back cushions chosen from our library. — built for a long room, finished with a single brass stud at each arm.

IV Plate Outdoor patio installation with built-in bench seating, yellow director's chairs and brick fire pit
Outdoor · Hospitality

Patio installation — bench seating & chairs.

Built‑in bench cushions in weather‑grade fabric, four director's chairs in mustard canvas. Designed around an existing brick fire pit. — private residence, Windhoek.

V Plate Tub chair upholstered in painterly abstract floral fabric in coral, teal and cream
Reupholstery · Statement

The colour study.

A small tub chair in a painterly floral. Frame stripped, foam rebuilt, fabric chosen by the owner to wake the room up. — 2024.

VI Plate Slipper chair upholstered in black and white cowhide-print velvet
Custom · Lounge

Slipper chair, monochrome.

Generous proportions, fully upholstered, cowhide‑print velvet pulled tight over a rounded form. Built without a visible frame. — sold in pairs.

VII Plate C-shaped side table with green shagreen-textured top on a black steel cantilever frame
Custom Furniture · Side

C‑side table, shagreen top.

Square top in green shagreen‑texture leather, cantilevered on a hand‑welded steel frame. Slides under the arm of a sofa. — workshop‑built, 2024.

VIII Plate Restored vintage iron armchair with copper-rust frame and striped upholstered seat and back
Restoration · Heritage

Iron armchair, restored.

Antique iron frame brought back from a farmhouse stoep. Frame cleaned and re‑sealed, seat and back rebuilt and covered in a classic stripe.

IX Plate Dark wood director's chair upholstered in black and tan African mudcloth pattern fabric
Custom · Heritage

Director's chair, in mudcloth.

Dark hardwood frame, sling seat and back in a heavy bogolan‑inspired weave. Folds away. Built for an entrance hall that needed an honest welcome.

X Plate Pair of round nesting coffee tables with solid wood tops and black wire frame bases
Custom Furniture · Coffee

Nesting tables, set of two.

Solid timber tops turned and oiled in the workshop, paired with slim hand‑welded wire bases. The smaller tucks neatly beneath the larger. — paired with one of our sofas.

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Every piece in this gallery began the same way — a conversation, a measurement, a length of fabric or leather laid out on the workshop bench.
— From the Workshop, Voigts Street
Index of Plates

The full catalogue
at a glance.

Yours, Next

The next plate in this gallery could be yours.

— let's make something

Bring us a piece to restore, a measurement to build to, or a room that needs furnishing. Each commission begins the same way — a conversation, often over a cup of tea, in the workshop on Voigts Street.

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