Strauss & co - 15 March 2010, Cape Town

104 275 A Cape yellowwood and painted kist, mid 19th century the moulded rectangular top with painted front and sides, iron carrying handles, 44,5cm high, 95,5cmwide, 46cm deep R10 000 – 15 000 276 A pair of Cape stinkwood side chairs, mid 19th century the stepped toprail above four splats, riempie seat, on square-section tapering legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, height of one chair reduced (2) R8 000 – 10 000 277 A kareewood Victor or Fichter side chair, Laingsburg district, circa 1880 the shaped toprail and crossbar carved with roundels, with overscrolled reeded uprights, riempie seat with reeded and scalloped seatrails, on square notched and chamfered carved legs, joined by an H-shaped stretcher R15 000 – 20 000 cf. Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer, Cape Antique Furniture, Struik, Cape Town, 2004, p92, pl 442 and colour plate on p220, where similar examples are illustrated. 278 A harlequin set of ten Cape stinkwood dining chairs, late 19th century each with curved top- and mid-rails, caned seat, on baluster and ring-turned legs (10) R15 000 – 20 000 275 276 277