Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 17 March 2014
Cape, Colonial, Oriental & Continental Silver, Furniture & Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 25 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 710
About this Item
A rosewood and bone-inlaid prie-dieu, possibly Austro-Hungarian, 19th century
the moulded rectangular top inlaid with an oval cartouche decorated with a pair of dancing figures enclosed by geometric line borders, the front supported by turned columns, the backboard inlaid with a compass motif, the rectangular base raised on low block feet, inlaid throughout with bone stringing and foliate cartouches, restorations, replacements, some loss, 92cm high, 71,5cm wide, 35,5cm deep