`CAPE COUNTRY FURNITURE` BY MICHAEL BARAITSER AND ANTON OBHOLZER

"CAPE COUNTRY FURNITURE" BY MICHAEL BARAITSER AND ANTON OBHOLZER.

HARD COVER, DUST JACKET WITH MINOR TEARS AS SHOWN IN PICTURES, 286 PAGES. A PICTORIAL SURVEY OF REGIONAL STYLES, MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES IN THE CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA. The appeal of Cape country furniture lies in the combination of design that is intuitively good with decoration that is unsophisticated. From the beginning of the 19C Cape Town and the Boland were swamped with imported furniture. For physical and financial reasons the Cape country districts escaped this fate for almost three generations and during this period there developed the wealth of style and variety of design described in this absorbing book.