South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts

Live Auction, 4 February 2013

Decorative Arts

Sold for

ZAR 11 710
Lot 208
  • A Cape stinkwood church chair, 19th century
  • A Cape stinkwood church chair, 19th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 9 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 710
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About this Item

A Cape stinkwood church chair, 19th century
the rectangular top with leaf cresting above three vertical splats, riempie seat, on tapering baluster legs joined by stretchers, with ring-turned feet, restorations, the seat-rail back carved with the initials 'P.A.V.Z.'

Notes

This chair was the property of Petrus Arnoldus van Zyl, baptised in Tulbagh on 2 July 1786, married on 3 January 1806 to Maria E von Biljoen, and died on 26 August 1844, at Kliprivier, district of Swellendam.



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