Transvaal tambotie rusbank, South Africa, late 19th 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.
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ZAR 20 000 - 22 000
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Johannesburg
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Transvaal tambotie rusbank, South Africa, late 19th century
the shaped top-rail with a carved lower edge above a row of vertical spindles and mid-rail, the downswept arms with shaped terminals, riempie seat, raised on ring-turned baluster legs
height: 90cm; width: 177cm; depth: 56cm
Notes
Tambotie is a prized southern African hardwood valued for its durability and was a preferred timber in Transvaal furniture-making.
This rusbank reflects the distinctly South African vernacular aesthetic of the former Transvaal furniture tradition. Practical form was often enriched with modest decorative carving and detailing.
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