South African Design, Past & Present
Timed Online Auction, 7 - 26 June 2024
Furniture and Metalware
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 39 865
About this Item
Cape stinkwood bone-inlaid chest of drawers, Eastern Cape, 1830-1850
the rectangular moulded top above two short and three long graduated drawers, each with diamond-shaped bone escutcheon and turned wooden handles, with scroll-shaped apron, on bracket feet
*This item is not suitable for export
108cm high, 108cm wide, 51,5cm deep
Notes
Chests of drawers were extremely rare in the Cape before the mid 1800's, this can be ascribed to the fact that simple storage chests fulfilled their function.
Provenance
Strauss & Co, Cape Town, 12 October 2015, lot 344
Exhibited
The Cape House: Decorative Arts relating to the Cape of Good Hope, Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch, 1999.
Literature
Sue Ollemans, Michael Stevenson and Deon Viljoen (1999) The Cape House. Decorative Arts relating to the Cape of Good Hope, Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch, 1999. Example illustrated and discussed on page 45, number 28.
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