South African Design, Past & Present

Timed Online Auction, 7 - 26 June 2024

Furniture and Metalware

Sold for

ZAR 23 450
Lot 6
  • Cape Regency yellowwood and stinkwood brass-inlaid jonkmanskas, c. 1830-1850


Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 18 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 23 450

About this Item

Cape Regency yellowwood and stinkwood brass-inlaid jonkmanskas, c. 1830-1850
140cm high, 108,5cm wide, 51cm deep

Notes

The jonkmanskas is a 19th century item of storage furniture unique to the Cape and characterized by two drawers below the top of the cupboard.

The brass inlay on this jonkmanskas is extremely rare and is likely to have come from England or Europe where it was the practice of European brass manufacturers to provide these ready-made inlay patterns for carpenters.

Literature

cf. Michael Baraitser and Anton Oberholzer (1978) Cape Country furniture, Cape Town: Struik. Similar examples illustrated on page 272, numbers 949 and 950.



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