South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts

Live Auction, 4 February 2013

Decorative Arts

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ZAR 17 824
Lot 206
  • A Cape stinkwood Neo-classical armchair, early 19th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 17 824
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About this Item

A Cape stinkwood Neo-classical armchair, early 19th century
the shaped toprail centred by an oval foliate patera above a pierced splat, caned seat, on tapering fluted legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher

Literature

cf. A similar chair is in the collection of the Tongaat Sugar Company, illustrated in GE Pearse, Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa, JL Van Schaik Ltd, Pretoria, 1960, page 68, figure 82



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