19th century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery

Live Auction, 18 March 2019

Important Cape Furniture and related objects

Sold for

ZAR 96 730
Lot 405
  • A Colonial Dutch satinwood, tulipwood, ebony and kingwood parquetry side table, 18th century
  • A Colonial Dutch satinwood, tulipwood, ebony and kingwood parquetry side table, 18th century
  • A Colonial Dutch satinwood, tulipwood, ebony and kingwood parquetry side table, 18th century
  • A Colonial Dutch satinwood, tulipwood, ebony and kingwood parquetry side table, 18th century
  • A Colonial Dutch satinwood, tulipwood, ebony and kingwood parquetry side table, 18th century
  • A Colonial Dutch satinwood, tulipwood, ebony and kingwood parquetry side table, 18th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 96 730

About this Item

A Colonial Dutch satinwood, tulipwood, ebony and kingwood parquetry side table, 18th century
the rectangular top centring an oval panel with corner spandrels outlined in banding and decorative stringing, the edge and sides in parquetry, above the fluted frieze centring an inset vignette of sailing ships in a bay, banding and corner paterae, on square tapering legs, restorations, 72,5cm high, 93,5cm wide, 56,5cm deep

Notes

cf. A similar table is in the Study at Groot Constantia homestead (no 94 in the inventory), and was damaged during the fire in 1925 in which the vignette drawing was destroyed.

A similar example was sold in Cape Town, The Herbert Prins Collection, 21 October 1997, lot 78.



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