South African Design: Past & Present
Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025
Interior Elements: Wood, Metal, Fibre, Ceramic & Glass Art
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 8 000 - 10 000
About this Item
East London, South Africa 1990's
Embroidered cloth with birds and leopard
beads on fabric
88cm high, 92cm wide
Notes
This heavily embroidered cloth was produced by a male Xhosa artist, Carey Williams, from East London in the early 1990's.
In Africa, beads have played a significant role in numerous cultures where they serve as indicators of age, power, status, identity and kinship.
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