Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 15 October 2018
Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
About this Item
A Cape yellowwood, stinkwood, teak and rooiels two part rusbank, 18th century
with wave-shaped top-rail above vase-shaped splats and plain mid-rail, riempie seat, above a conforming wave-shaped apron, on square-section tapering legs joined by stretchers, restorations, 228,5cm long
Literature
cf. Deon Viljoen and Piér Rabe (2001). Cape Furniture and Metalware, Cape Town exhibition catalogue, page 19, a similar example is illustrated on page 18.