TOWN FURNITURE OF THE CAPE - Michael Baraitser & Anton Obholzer

STRUIK, 1987, First edition. Hard cover with dust cover. A4 size. 224 pages. Tightly bound, neat and and clean. Some rust spots on first 3 page. Slight handling marks on the cover. Over 1kg.

This book examines the background of styles and individual pieces such as the Cape armoire, rusbanke, bureaux, tables and chairs and discusses the influences that various European styles had on Cape furniture designs. Over 900 black & white photographs and 30 colour plates have been reproduced to give collectors and historians an outstanding record of the furniture of this period.