A set of five Cape stinkwood dining chairs, 19th century
Cape Interiors: Furniture, Metalware, Silver & Glass
About the SessionThis sale traces the heritage of South African design across centuries of creative expression highlighting diverse design objects through two sessions. Uniting the sessions is a celebration of the versatility of materials - metal, wood, glass, clay, fibre - and how artists and artisans have transformed them over time into works of wonder, rich in both tradition and innovation.
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
A set of five Cape stinkwood dining chairs, 19th century
each with plain curved top-rail, above two conforming mid-rails, caned seat, on square-section tapering legs joined by H-shaped stretchers
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Notes
Whereas Neo-Classical seating is identified by its vertical back-splats, Cape Regency chairs are recognizable by their horizontal back rails.
There was an overlap in these two style periods and these chairs are an example of the straight rail Regency type with a Neo-Classical underframe and H-stretcher.
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