Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 12 October 2015
English, Cape and Colonial Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 85 260
About this Item
A Cape teak gateleg table, mid 18th century
the moulded rectangular thirteen-plank top with re-entrant corners above a wavy apron, on cabriole legs and pointed feet, 70cm high, 140cm deep, 180cm wide open
Notes
cf. Michael Baraitser & Anton Obholzer. (1987) Town Furniture of the Cape, Cape Town: Struik. Page 148, number 603; and (2004) Cape Antique Furniture, Cape Town: Struik. Page 181, number 845, where a similar example is illustrated.
This lot relates closely to the most well known example from this period from the Purcell Collection, now in the Koopmans de Wet House Museum, Strand Street, Cape Town, featured in these illustrations.
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