Strauss & co - 21 October 2013, Cape Town

6 A Cape stinkwood Queen Anne style armchair, first half 18th century the dished and gabled toprail above a pierced, stylised vase-shaped splat, serpentine-shaped arm supports, riempie seat, on chamfered baluster legs with conforming square-section tapering feet joined by an H-shaped stretcher R30 000 – 40 000 7 A Cape stinkwood and yellowwood Chippendale style corner chair, late 18th century with double-pierced back support and down-curved scroll arms, solid seat on square-section chamfered legs joined by a moulded X-shaped stretcher R40 000 – 50 000 LITERATURE Rabe, Jo-Marie and Piér. (2003) Cape Furniture Styles, 1652-1900, Stellenbosch: Jo-Marie and Piér Rabe. Illustrated in colour on page 28, number 18. Miller, Judith. (2005) Furniture World Styles from Classical to Contemporary, London: Dorling Kindersley Limited. Illustrated in colour on page 184. NOTES cf. Viljoen, Deon and Rabe, Piér. (2001) Cape Furniture and Metalware, Cape Town. A four- chair-back settee carved in the Chippendale manner similar to this corner chair is illustrated and discussed on pages 32 - 35. The similarity is found in the down- curved scroll arms, solid seat and chamfered legs. 6 7 6 detail THE DR JOHAN BOLT CAPE COLLECTION | LOTS 1-96 19