19th century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 18 March 2019
Important Cape Furniture and related objects
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 96 730
Auction Catalogue
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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