South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 4 February 2013
Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 9 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 33 420
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
A Cape stinkwood Neo-classical armchair, early 19th century
with moulded curved toprail above a pierced splat, fluted posts and arm supports, outcurved arms, upholstered padded drop-in seat, on tapering fluted legs with block feet
Literature
cf. Hans Fransen, The Cape Chair, Cape Town, 1970, p 64, illus 52, where a similar example is illustrated
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