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.


Current Bid

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Lot 9
  • A Cape stinkwood armchair, 19th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 8 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

A Cape stinkwood armchair, 19th century with lattice back, caned seat, on square-section tapering legs

Notes

There are very few examples of the lattice back chair type which falls into the Cape Neo-classical stylistic category. The caning of the seat would suggests that it originated from the town, although there are a few caned country examples.



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