South African Design: Past & Present
Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025
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
ZAR 9 000 - 11 000
Current Bid1 bid
Current bid
ZAR 9 000
Location
Cape Town
Delivery
Additional delivery charges apply
Shipping
Need more information?
About this Item
Two Cape stinkwood kerkstoele, 19th century each with a plain shaped top-rail and mid-rail, caned seat, on square-section tapering legs, one inscribed 'A.J.F du Toit' the other 'MEJ A.P. RETIEF. 1884' (2)
Notes
In the early days, most churches did not have pews and congregants had to bring their own chairs which were marked on the back with the owner's name.
Provenance
Strooidak Kerk, Paarl.
Other lots that might interest you
A Cape stinkwood, beefwood and ebony armoire, late 18th century
ZAR 250 000 - 300 000
A Cape Neo-classical stinkwood, teak and fruitwood rusbank, early 19th century
ZAR 40 000 - 50 000
A Cape stinkwood armchair, early 19th century
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
A Cape stinkwood Neo-classical armchair, early 19th century
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
A Cape Regency stinkwood armchair, Eastern Cape, 19th century
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
A Cape brass coffee urn and konfoor, T.C. Falck, Roberston, 20th century
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
