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 40 000 - 45 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 62 590
About this Item
A Cape Louis XV style stinkwood armchair, circa 1770
the curved caned back headed by a pair of stylised flowerheads, outcurved arm supports with scroll terminals, the serpentine-fronted seat-rail carved with a shell, on moulded leaf-headed cabriole legs with pointed feet
Provenance
Important Cape Furniture from the collection of Mr Herbert Prins, Stephan Welz & Co. In Association with Sotheby's, Cape Town 21 & 22 October 1997, lot 71Literature
cf. Matilda Burden (2013) Ou-Kaapse Meubels, Stellenbosch: SUN Media. A similar example is illustrated on page 162, number 401.Other lots that might interest you
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