An Anglo Indian teak wood painted and carved four-panel screen, late 18th century
Furniture
LOT 178
An Anglo Indian teak wood painted and carved four-panel screen, late 18th century
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 17 588
About this Item
An Anglo Indian teak wood painted and carved four-panel screen, late 18th century
each panel painted with sprays of flowers on a canvas ground, the frames elaborately carved with leaves, birds and flowerheads, the reverse solid carved teak, on bracket feet, 197cm high, 185cm fully extended, 3cm deep
Provenance
The screen belonged to Mr and Mrs Du Toit, grandparents of the current owner. The screen and interior of their home Nieuwe Plantatie was featured in the Cape Times 1934. It was later rescued from a house fire in 1953, later to be rebuilt and renamed "Grand Roche", today a luxury hotel in Paarl.
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