Eldama Dining Table
Handcrafted by By Faith Furnitures in 005, Upper Savannah, Nairobi, Kenya
The Eldama Dining Table is a square dining table handcrafted in Kenya from marble and metal. It was drawn around a simple idea: a small table that seats four without crowding the room. The proportions are deliberately compact, and the frame is kept slender so the surface reads as the main event. The top is marble, pale and softly veined, with faint amber and grey movement running across the square. Its edge is squared and shallow, sitting cleanly on the frame below. Beneath it, a metal structure in a warm light tone carries four tapered legs, linked low down by stretchers that form a quiet geometric line near the floor. The corners are gently mitred, and the whole piece holds a matte, low-sheen character rather than a polished gloss. This dining table suits a breakfast corner, a compact apartment kitchen or a garden-room nook where four chairs can gather closely. Marble takes light well, so a position near a window or under a low pendant shows the veining at its best. It works with upholstered tub chairs, a jute rug underfoot and a single bowl or vase left permanently in the centre. Kenyan furniture making runs on small workshops and direct relationships between the person who cuts and the person who assembles. Buying through Kamara connects you to one of those workshops. Each table carries the small variations that come with stone and hand assembly, which means yours will not look exactly like the next.
Price: KES 44,400
Material: metal, marble
Dimensions: L 102cm × W 73cm × H 83cm
Availability: In Stock
Category: furniture