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 12 000 - 14 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 12 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item
A Cape stinkwood and yellowwood peg-top table, late 18th century the three-plank rectangular top above a moulded frieze, on notched rectangular-fluted and tapering square-section legs, 68cm high, 160cm wide, 89,5cm deep
Notes
This piece is known as a ' peg-top' table, indicating that the top of the table is attached to the base by means of two runners which are held to the skirt by removable pegs. This method of construction was used extensively during the late 18th century and into the early 19th century.
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