Cape stinkwood and Robben Island slate-top side table, 18th century
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 199 325
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About this Item
Cape stinkwood and Robben Island slate-top side table, 18th century
the moulded rectangular slate top with canted corners, above a wave-shaped apron with a deep frieze drawer, raised on cabriole legs terminating in ball-and-claw feet
height: 72cm; width: 87cm; depth: 57cm
Provenance
Private Collection.
Notes
Cape Rococo side tables were very simple in form with decoration mainly on the carved and shaped aprons. The legs were slender cabriolet, typically with a high knee and sometimes shaped or carved.
The fine blue-grey slate used in Cape furniture was quarried either at Robben Island or on the side of Signal Hill in Cape Town.
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