South African Design, Past & Present

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  • Cape stinkwood bone-inlaid chest of drawers, Eastern Cape, 1830-1850
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Location
Cape Town

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Cape stinkwood bone-inlaid chest of drawers, Eastern Cape, 1830-1850



the rectangular moulded top above two short and three long graduated drawers, each with diamond-shaped bone escutcheon and turned wooden handles, with scroll-shaped apron, on bracket feet

*This item is not suitable for export

108cm high, 108cm wide, 51,5cm deep

Notes

Chests of drawers were extremely rare in the Cape before the mid 1800's, this can be ascribed to the fact that simple storage chests fulfilled their function.

Provenance

Strauss & Co, Cape Town, 12 October 2015, lot 344

Exhibited

The Cape House: Decorative Arts relating to the Cape of Good Hope, Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch, 1999.

Literature

Sue Ollemans, Michael Stevenson and Deon Viljoen (1999) The Cape House. Decorative Arts relating to the Cape of Good Hope, Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch, 1999. Example illustrated and discussed on page 45, number 28.

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