Strauss & co - 12 October 2015, Cape Town

328 A Cape teak gateleg table, mid 18th century the moulded rectangular thirteen-plank top with re-entrant corners above a wavy apron, on cabriole legs and pointed feet, 70cm high, 140cm deep, 180cmwide open R40 000–60 000 cf. Michael Baraitser & Anton Obholzer. (1987) Town Furniture of the Cape , Cape Town: Struik. Page 148, number 603; and (2004) Cape Antique Furniture , Cape Town: Struik. Page 181, number 845, where a similar example is illustrated. This lot relates closely to the most well known example from this period from the Purcell Collection, now in the Koopmans de Wet House Museum, Strand Street, Cape Town, featured in these illustrations. 329 A Cape stinkwood cabinet- on-stand, late 18th century the gabled pediment carved with a pierced stylised foliate panel above a pair of conforming doors and panelled sides enclosing two shelves and three drawers above a frieze drawer, on octagonal tapering legs joined by an X-shaped stretcher, on turned feet, restorations, 219cm high, 157cmwide, 58,5cm deep R100 000–120 000 LITERATURE Michael Baraitser & Anton Obholzer. (1987) Town Furniture of The Cape , Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated on page 58, numbers 172 and 173. Michael Baraitser & Anton Obholzer. (2004) Cape Antique Furniture , Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated on page 242, numbers 1042 and 1042a. 329 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN | LOTS 327-333 133