South African Design: Past & Present

Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025

Cape Interiors: Furniture, Metalware, Silver & Glass
About the Session

This 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.


Sold for

ZAR 21 105
Lot 15
  • A Cape yellowwood and stinkwood dining table, 19th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 18 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 21 105
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

A Cape yellowwood and stinkwood dining table, 19th century

Notes

This is a typical example of a Regency style dining table with yellowwood top, straight apron and stinkwood legs. The tapering ring-turned leg is so typical of the Cape regency period that it is sometimes referred to as the "Cape leg." These legs were made in quantities by specialized workshops and distributed all over the country, making the pieces fairly uniform and more difficult to distinguish regional differences.



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