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 9 380
Lot 17
  • A pair of Transvaal armchairs, 19th century
  • A pair of Transvaal armchairs, 19th century
  • A pair of Transvaal armchairs, 19th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 9 380

About this Item

A pair of Transvaal armchairs, 19th century
each with wave-shaped top-rail above a pierced central splat flanked on either side by vertical splats, riempie seat, joined by three-quarter side stretchers
(2)

Notes

Furniture made in the north of the country was generally more robust in appearance and the proportions less elegant.



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