Two Cape Van der Stel stinkwood side chairs, c.1750
Evening Sale
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ZAR 30 000 - 35 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 128 975
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Two Cape Van der Stel stinkwood side chairs, c.1750
each with the oval-shaped caned back panel within a wave-shaped frame centred by heart-shaped piercing, between turned and square-section side supports headed by ring-turned finials, caned seat, on ring-turned baluster legs joined by a box-stretcher, terminating in bun feet
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height: 105cm; width: 53cm; depth: 45cm
Notes
This style of chair, also sometimes referred to as a 'Tulbagh' chair, can be traced back to the English Restoration and North Holland chairs. The introduction of this style coincided with the governorships of Simon Van der Stel (1679-1699) and his successor, his son Willem Adriaen Van der Stel (1699-1701). Their extravagant aristocratic lifestyles at their great country estates of Constantia and Vergelegen would have called for such fashionable furniture.
Provenance
Private Collection.
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