Important South African Art & Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 21 October 2013
Bolt, Chinese and Glass
Lot Estimate
ZAR 100 000 - 120 000
About this Item
A Cape stinkwood rusbank, late 18th century
with three-chair back, each centred with an oval panel carved with a flower-filled urn above a pierced splat, shaped arms, riempie seat, the shaped apron with dentil frieze, on tapering square-section fluted legs headed by foliate paterae and joined by stretchers, on square and block feet, two pairs of legs joined at the top, 196cm long
Notes
cf. Baraitser, Michael and Obholzer, Anton. (1978) Cape Country Furniture, 2nd edition, Cape Town. A comparable example is illustrated on page 126, numbers 423 and 424.
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