Cape yellowwood and pine painted kist, South Africa, 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 6 000 - 8 000
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ZAR 6 000
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Cape Town
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Cape yellowwood and pine painted kist, South Africa, 19th century
the rectangular hinged and moulded top above painted front and sides decorated with stylised foliage
height: 33cm; width: 83cm; depth: 44,5cm
Notes
The patterns and motifs on painted chests were usually naively painted floral or geometric designs within a decorative frame. The painters depicted local flora so there is a difference between chests found along the east coast and those found on the west coast.
Kists retaining their original paintwork are extremely collectable as many had their original painted decorations wrongfully removed in an attempt to 'restore' the piece in order to show the wood.
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