TOWN FURNITURE OF THE CAPE - Michael Baraitser & Anton Obholzer

STRUIK, 1987, First edition. Large hard cover with dust cover. A4 size. 224 pages. Tightly bound. Some rust spots on first 3 page and on back end-page. 

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.