19th century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 18 March 2019
Important Cape Furniture and related objects
Lot Estimate
ZAR 100 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 113 800
About this Item
A pair of Cape rare and important Queen Anne style stinkwood side chairs, 1730–1760
each with triple-arched top-rail above a pair of vase-shaped splats, caned seat, on carved cabriole legs with pad feet joined by wavy H-shaped stretchers, restorations
(2)
Notes
Each chair was purchased on a separate occasion and the pair reunited by Dr Bolt.Exhibited
Gemeentesmuseum, Den Haag, 4 October 2002 to 9 February 2003.
The Slave Lodge, Cape Town, September 2003 to February 2004.
Literature
Matilda Burden (2013) Ou-Kaapse Meubels, Stellenbosch: SUN Media. Illustrated on page 96, number 220.
Gemeentesmuseum Den Haag (2002) Domestic Interiors at the Cape and in Batavia 1602–1795, Den Haag: Waanders. Illustrated on pages 194 and 195, number 56.
Deon Viljoen and Piér Rabe (2001) Cape Furniture and Metalware, Cape Town: Deon Viljoen and Piér Rabe. Iillustrated on pages 12 and 13, number 5.
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