Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 16 October 2017
Silver, Furniture, Ceramics & Glass
Lot Estimate
ZAR 16 000 - 20 000
About this Item
A Cape stinkwood Tulbagh side chair, late 18th century
the oval caned back within a wave-shaped frame, baluster-turned uprights headed by later turned finials, caned seat, on baluster-turned legs joined by side stretchers, on shaped feet, restorations
Provenance
This chair was presented to the current owner's grandmother, Elizabeth C. Blanckenberg (1866-1946), by her parents Jacobus Hendrikus Blanckenburg and Maria Johanna de Villiers on the occasion of her confirmation circa 1882.