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.

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ZAR 7 035
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  • A Cape Regency stinkwood armchair, Eastern Cape, 19th century
  • A Cape Regency stinkwood armchair, Eastern Cape, 19th century
  • A Cape Regency stinkwood armchair, Eastern Cape, 19th century
  • A Cape Regency stinkwood armchair, Eastern Cape, 19th century
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ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
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ZAR 7 035

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A Cape Regency stinkwood armchair, Eastern Cape, 19th century

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Armchairs were abundant in the 1800s, and their styles closely followed the style of dining chairs as most table sets had matching carvers.

Regency taste dominated the design of Cape furniture in the nineteenth century as a result of the second British occupation in 1806 and the arrival of the 1820 British settlers. The central stylised anthemion on this armchair is an example of the re-interpretation and influence of British styles in the colony.

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