Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 16 March 2015

Cape & Colonial Silver, Furniture & Dec Arts, The Harvey Collection of Africana & SA & Int Art
  • A Ceylonese ebonised and caned armchair, 19th century
  • A Ceylonese ebonised and caned armchair, 19th century
  • A Ceylonese ebonised and caned armchair, 19th century
  • A Ceylonese ebonised and caned armchair, 19th century
  • A Ceylonese ebonised and caned armchair, 19th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000

About this Item

A Ceylonese ebonised and caned armchair, 19th century

the rectangular caned back with shell-and-lotus-carved top-rail, caned seat, foliate-carved arm supports, moulded seat rails, on ring-turned and lobed legs, brass cappings and castors

Provenance

Sold: The Elizabeth Mark Collection. Sotheby's, Johannesburg, 29 April 1985, lot 144


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