Koopmans de Wet House, Cape Town – Postcard Views

10 postcards featuring the furniture, china and delft ware and the old slave quarters of the Koopmans De Wet House. Please note there are only 10 postcards present, 2 are absent.in this book of 12 postcards.condition: very good.

The Koopmans De Wet House.is a house museum and is furnished as a home for a well-to-do Cape family during the late 18th century. It houses some of the best pieces of Cape furniture and silver in the country, in addition to a priceless collection of ceramics. A household such as  only have been able to function with its share of servants and slaves, and recent research has brought to light the names and professions of some who lived in the house at the time, as well as the kinds of activities they would have pursued. It is the oldest house museum in the country.

Marie Koopmans-de Wet, after whom the Museum is named, was well known during the South African War for her help to the orphans and widows of the Boer republics.