Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

111 402 A Cape padoukwood and satinwood secrétaire bureau bookcase, marked V.O.C, and dated 1763 the arched and moulded cornice above a pair of conforming panelled doors enclosing two shelves, the fall-front enclosing a well, open compartments and six drawers above three graduated drawers, on bun feet, restorations, later handles, some modification, the reverse stamped with the VOC monogram and the date 1763, 232cm high, 108cmwide, 70cm deep R  –   PROVENANCE The collection of the late George Harwood, Stephan Welz & Co. In Association with Sotheby’s, Johannesburg, 7 June 1993, lot 66 LITERATURE Stephan Welz (1996) Art At Auction in South Africa, The Art Market Review, 1969 to 1995, Art Link (Pty) Ltd. Illustrated on page 192. 403 A Cape Louis XV style stinkwood and caned side chair, 1770 with shield-shaped caned back, serpentine- fronted caned seat, on cabriole legs with foliate-carved knees joined by a moulded H-shaped wavy stretcher R  –   PROVENANCE Important Cape Furniture from the collection of Mr Herbert Prins, Stephan Welz & Co. In Association with Sotheby’s, Cape Town 21 & 22 October 1997, lot 77. 404 A Cape Louis XV stinkwood and caned side chair, 1770 with shield-shaped caned back headed by a carved foliate motif, serpentine-fronted later caned seat, with shaped and scroll- carved apron, on moulded cabriole legs and pad feet R  –   PROVENANCE Important Cape furniture from the collection of Dr Gavin Watkins, Stephan Welz & Co. In Association with Sotheby’s, Cape Town, 29 January 1998, lot 358. 403 402 404