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 12 000 - 15 000
About this Item
A Cape mulberry Neoclassical armchair, early 19th century
the arched back with pierced split-splat and cross-bar, downswept arms with moulded terminals, caned seat, on square-section tapering legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher
Notes
cf. Important Cape furniture from the collection of Dr Gavin Watkins, Stephan Welz & Co. In Association with Sotheby's, Cape Town, 29 January 1998, lot 386.
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