Strauss & co - 4 February 2013, Johannesburg

215 A South-eastern Cape ‘De Rust’ pine and inlaid chest, circa 1880 the rectangular hinged top, front and sides inlaid with a star motif enclosed by a chequerboard border, the interior with traces of wallpaper, on tapered block feet, 56cm high, 92,5cmwide, 54,5cm deep R30 000 – 40 000 cf. Deon Viljoen and Piér Rabe, Cape Furniture and Metalware, Cape Town, 2001, pages 72-73 where a similar example is illustrated Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer, Cape Antique Furniture , Struik, 2004, page 382, illustration 1616-1618 where a similar example is illustrated Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer, Cape Country Furniture , Struik, second revised edition, 1986, page 232, illustration 804-807 where a similar example is illustrated 216 A West Coast inlaid cedarwood chest, 19th century possibly made in the Calvinia district, with hinged rectangular two-plank top, the front inlaid with star and geometric motifs, the sides with iron carrying-handles, wavy apron, on bracket feet, 67cm high, 132cmwide, 61cm deep R40 000 – 50 000 cf. Deon Viljoen and Piér Rabe, Cape Furniture and Metalware, Cape Town 2001, pages 73-74 where another example is illustrated 215 216 90