Set of ten Cape stinkwood 'bobbin-rail' Regency side chairs, late 19th century
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ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 22 824
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About this Item
Set of ten Cape stinkwood 'bobbin-rail' Regency side chairs, late 19th century
each with curved top rail above a double mid rail fitted with three spindles, caned seat, raised on ring-turned tapering legs
(10)
height: 88cm; width: 46cm; depth: 41cm
Notes
These Cape bobbin-rail chairs were made in the Cape Regency style period (1820- 1900). The group of British settlers that arrived in the Eastern Cape in 1820, brought with them a taste and technical expertise that would directly influence the development of this style.
The Cape Regency chair has horizontal straight back rails and tapering ring-turned legs with no stretchers.
This style developed into the predominant style for seat furniture in South Africa during the nineteenth and into the twentieth century, and many survive today.
Provenance
Private Collection.
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