Strauss & co - 4 February 2013, Johannesburg

204 A Cape stinkwood Neo-classical armchair, early 19th century with moulded curved toprail above a pierced splat, fluted posts and arm supports, outcurved arms, upholstered padded drop-in seat, on tapering fluted legs with block feet R9 000 – 12 000 LITERATURE cf. Hans Fransen, The Cape Chair, Cape Town, 1970, page 64, illustration 52, where a similar example is illustrated 205 A Cape stinkwood Neo-classical armchair, early 19th century the notched toprail and side supports with carved rosettes, pierced splat, downcurved padded arms, upholstered seat, on square-section fluted legs headed by foliate paterae R9 000 – 12 000 LITERATURE Michael Baraister and Anton Obholzer, Town Furniture of The Cape, Cape Town, 1987, page 189, illustration 794 206 A Cape stinkwood Neo-classical armchair, early 19th century the shaped toprail centred by an oval foliate patera above a pierced splat, caned seat, on tapering fluted legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher R8 000 – 10 000 LITERATURE cf. A similar chair is in the collection of the Tongaat Sugar Company, illustrated in GE Pearse, Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa, JL Van Schaik, Pretoria, 1960, page 68, Figure 82 204 205 206 84