Cape country furniture: A pictorial survey of regional styles, materials, and techniques in the Cape Province of South Africa

Baraitser, Michael; Obholzer, Anton

Published by C. Struik (1978)

2nd Edition.

Definitive study of Cape-made furniture told in text and photographs with accurate identification, the dating and often determining the specific districts.

 "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. . What emerges is that Cape country furniture is considerably richer in style and variety than that of Cape Town and the Boland. It is worthy of serious study and deeper appreciation than has been the case in the past. With this in mind, the authors systematically searched the Cape platteland for many years; they found and studied examples of locally-made furniture, and took the 960 photographs that are reproduced in this book. From these research data they were able to describe and to classify the regional styles, the craftsmen, and the timbers.".

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