Strauss & co - 14 March 2016, Cape Town

273 A Cape stinkwood, satinwood and silver-mounted armoire, 18th century the moulded gable with double-leaf cresting centred by a carved flowerhead, above a pair of panelled doors enclosing four shelves and two drawers, the canted front sides inlaid with diamond motifs, panelled sides, the lower half with three long graduated drawers, on acanthus- leaf and scroll feet, the silver mounts apparently unmarked, in the style of Daniel Heinrich Schmidt, 270cm high, 181cmwide, 83cm deep R600 000–800 000 274 A pair of Cape Neo-Classical stinkwood, yellowwood, amboyna- veneered and inlaid side tables, late 18th/early 19th century each rectangular top with outset corners, above a frieze inlaid with feather and shell motifs, on tapering square-section legs with brass feet inlaid with ebonised and fruitwood stringing, repairs, 76cm high, 78cmwide, 43cm deep (2) R 400 000–500 000 PROVENANCE Formerly the property of Punch and Cynthia Barlow, Vergelegen, Somerset West. cf. GE Pearse. (1960) Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa , Pretoria: JL van Schaik. Page 82, Fig 101 where a table of similar construction is illustrated. PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR | LOTS 270 - 278 274 PROVENANCE Formerly the property of Punch and Cynthia Barlow, Vergelegen, Somerset West. LITERATURE Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer. (1987) Town Furniture of the Cape , Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated on pages 71 and 73, numbers 246, 247 and 257. Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer. (2004) Cape Antique Furniture , Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated on page 258, number 1100. 109