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 200 000 - 250 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 227 600
About this Item
An important South Western Cape Neoclassical stinkwood and yellowwood inlaid settee, late 18th/early 19th century
with four-chair fiddle-back, downswept arms, caned seat, on square-section tapering inlaid legs joined by H-stretchers, 210,5cm long
Exhibited
Gemeentesmuseum, Den Haag, 4 October 2002 to 9 February 2003.
The Slave Lodge, Cape Town, September 2003 to February 2004.
Literature
Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer (1986) Cape Country Furniture, Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated on page 128, number 434.
Deon Viljoen and Piér Rabe.(2001) Cape Furniture and Metalware, Cape Town: Deon Viljoen and Piér Rabe. Illustrated on pages 40 and 41, number 22.
Gemeentesmuseum Den Haag (2002) Domestic Interiors at the Cape and in Batavia 1602–1795, Den Haag: Waanders. Illustrated on page 199, number 60.
Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer (2004) Cape Antique Furniture, Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated on page 140, number 675.
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