Cape Riversdale yellowwood, stinkwood and inlaid cupboard, South Africa, early 19th century
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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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Cape Riversdale yellowwood, stinkwood and inlaid cupboard, South Africa, early 19th century
the moulded outset pediment above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a pair of short drawers and two shelves, with inlaid closing strip, panelled sides, raised on tapering inlaid block feet
height: 182cm; width: 135,5cm; depth: 52cm
Notes
The type of foot seen on this cupboard is called the 'Riversdale' foot, a distinctive design probably started by the cabinet makers of the Riversdale area.
The sturdy broad spade shape of the Riversdale foot has variations of vertical inlaid strips with horizontal alternating small blocks of yellowwood and stinkwood.
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