Strauss & co - 4 February 2013, Johannesburg

227 A Cape stinkwood armoire, 19th century the moulded arched hood with shaped cresting carved with scalework flanked by foliage above a pair of panelled doors enclosing four shelves and two drawers, three graduated linenfold long drawers below, with panelled sides, on later ogee feet, 269cm high, 172cmwide, 70cm deep R250 000 – 300 000 PROVENANCE The Van Blommestein family, and thence by descent LITERATURE Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer, Cape Antique Furniture, Struik, Cape Town, 2004, page 254, illustration number 1079 95