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Decorative arts

Sold for

ZAR 45 520
Lot 363
  • A Cape van der Stel stinkwood side chair, 18th century
  • A Cape van der Stel stinkwood side chair, 18th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 45 520

About this Item

A Cape van der Stel stinkwood side chair, 18th century
the stepped arched top-rail above a caned splat and conforming mid-rail, ring-turned tapering supports headed by turned and ring-turned finials, caned seat, on block-headed ring-turned baluster legs, block-and-bun feet joined by a box-stretcher

Provenance

Deon Viljoen & Guus Röell, Cape Town, 2003.

Property of a Collector.

Literature

Deon Viljoen & Guus Röell (2003) Uit Verre Streken, Cape Town & Maastricht exhibition catalogue, Ince Cape (Pty) Ltd, illustration No 3.

Mathilda Burden (2015) Old Cape Furniture Studies in styles, SUN MeDIA, Stellenbosch, illustrated on page 79, fig. 161, from the Drostdy Museum, Swellendam.



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