Geo. Parkes & Sons

Pair of Queen Anne style stinkwood armchairs, South Africa, 20th century

Session One
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From 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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Lot 520
  • Geo. Parkes & Sons; Pair of Queen Anne style stinkwood armchairs, South Africa, 20th century
  • Geo. Parkes & Sons; Pair of Queen Anne style stinkwood armchairs, South Africa, 20th century
  • Geo. Parkes & Sons; Pair of Queen Anne style stinkwood armchairs, South Africa, 20th century


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Knysna, South Africa
Pair of Queen Anne style stinkwood armchairs, South Africa, 20th century
each with shaped top rail above a vase-shaped central splat, outscrolled shepherd's crook arms, upholstered seat, raised on cabriole legs with carved knees terminating in pad feet
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height: 92cm; width: 67cm; depth: 51cm

Notes

These chairs were made by cabinet maker Earnest Arther from Geo. Parkes & Sons in Knysna.

The chairs are a South African interpretation of the English Queen Anne style which is characterised by soft, curved lines.

The typical Queen Anne features such as the back stiles which curve inwards at the top ends to form the the top back rail, the vase shape of the single back slat and the cabriole legs with carving on the knees, can all be seen in this chair.

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