Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

96 THE DR JOHAN BOLT COLLECTION OF CAPE FURNITURE LOTS 331–400 347 A harlequin set of six Cape Neoclassical stinkwood side chairs, late 18th/early 19th century each with curved top-rail with pierced gable cresting above a pierced fiddle-back splat, riempie seat, on square-section tapering legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, one example with fluted square-section legs (6) R  –   PROVENANCE Four of these chairs were sold on the ‘Important Cape furniture from the collection of Dr Gavin Watkins’auction, Stephan Welz & Co. In Association with Sotheby’s, Cape Town, 29 January 1998, lot 354. LITERATURE cf. Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer (2004) Cape Antique Furniture , Cape Town: Struik. A similar example is illustrated on page 209. 348 A Cape Neoclassical stinkwood double gate-leg dining table, late 18th/early 19th century the moulded rectangular twin-flap peg-top above a frieze incorporating two frieze drawers, on tapering fluted legs, 74 cm high, 188,5 cm long, 136 cmwide R  –   LITERATURE Jo-Marie and Piér Rabe (2003) Cape Furniture Styles 1652–1900 , Stellenbosch: Jo-Marie and Piér Rabe. Illustrated in colour on page 36, number 24. Judith Miller (2005) Furniture: World Styles from Classical to Contemporary , London: Dorling Kindersley Limited. Illustrated in colour on page 169.