South African Design, Past & Present
Timed Online Auction, 7 - 26 June 2024
Furniture and Metalware
Lot Estimate
ZAR 18 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 23 450
About this Item
Cape Regency yellowwood and stinkwood brass-inlaid jonkmanskas, c. 1830-1850
the rectangular outset top above a pair of drawers inlaid with stylized brass foliate motifs, with a pair of panelled doors below enclosing two shelves, with panelled sides, raised on ring-turned tapering feet
1
140cm high, 108,5cm wide, 51cm deep
Notes
The jonkmanskas is a 19th century item of storage furniture unique to the Cape and characterized by two drawers below the top of the cupboard.
The brass inlay on this jonkmanskas is extremely rare and is likely to have come from England or Europe where it was the practice of European brass manufacturers to provide these ready-made inlay patterns for carpenters.
Literature
cf. Michael Baraitser and Anton Oberholzer (1978) Cape Country furniture, Cape Town: Struik. Similar examples illustrated on page 272, numbers 949 and 950.
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