D. & O. Frye
Pair of D. & O. Frye dining chairs, South Africa, mid-20th century
Session One
About the SessionFrom early Cape furniture to mid-century classics and contemporary pieces, this selection of furniture, ceramics, glass and bronzes, traces a journey through more than two hundred years of South African design.
About this Item
paper label 'D. & O. F QUALITY FURNITURE'
Notes
In 1948, brothers Derick and Owen Frye started a furniture manufacturing business in Port Elizabeth. Heavily influenced by European design, they imported Scandanavian veneers, oils and styles to craft modern, affordable furniture.
These chairs date from this earlier Frye period before they merged with G. H. Starck Ltd of Cape Town to become Frystark.
