Strauss & co - 17 March 2014, Cape Town

129 * 352 A rosewood and bone-inlaid prie-dieu, possibly Austro-Hungarian, 19th century the moulded rectangular top inlaid with an oval cartouche decorated with a pair of dancing figures enclosed by geometric line borders, the front supported by turned columns, the backboard inlaid with a compass motif, the rectangular base raised on low block feet, inlaid throughout with bone stringing and foliate cartouches, restorations, replacements, some loss, 92cm high, 71,5cmwide, 35,5cm deep R20 000–25 000 351 A Louis XIV style walnut and upholstered armchair, early 20th century upholstered in ostrich skin, acanthus-leaf- carved arm-rests, on braganza-style feet joined by stretchers R7 000–9 000 351 352