SADU HOUSE

Sadu House, an old traditional home, was built in 1936 by the head of an affluent family, Youssef Al Marzouk. The house overlooked the seafront and incorporated four open courtyards with many Indian decorative influences, exemplified in the decorations on the wooden doors brought from Karachi, and the iron units on the windows.

The construction was supervised by a famous Kuwaiti builder Rashid Al Benai. The house was built with stone using concrete to reinforce its structure – the ¬first such house in Kuwait and it sparked much interest among Kuwaitis. In 1938 the house came under the ownership of Youssef Shereen Behbehani who added a new floor and European style fireplaces in the diwaniya rooms.
In the 1960s the house was purchased by the State and in the 1980 it became the home of weavings and textiles – Sadu House.

We are happy to be an umbrella organization for the following artists’ groups:

KTAA 

The Kuwait Textile Arts Association works under the auspices of Al Sadu Society as a multicultural nonprofit organization established under the patronage of Sheikha Altaf Al Salem Al Sabah in October 1994. KTAA is promoting the knowledge and skills of textiles by providing lectures, workshops, library, tours, special interest groups and exhibitions. Al Sadu Society and KTAA have been cooperating for over 20 years in promoting textile arts, both traditional and contemporary.

KHAYT 

KHAYT group is a group of artists specialized in crochet techniques that works under the auspices of Al Sadu Society and provides workshops and demonstrations for the interested individuals.