Town Furniture of the Cape
by Baraitser, Michael, and Anton Obholzer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 086977302X
- ISBN 13
- 9780869773024
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Struik, 1987) 086977302X. 4to; original brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 224, incl. index; profusely illustrated, incl. a section in full-colour. A little foxing to edges and endpapers. Very good condition. Landmark work on this subject. "While the text 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, the emphasis of this book rests on the visual. Over 900 black and white photographs as well as 30 colour plates have been reproduced to give collectors and historians an outstanding record of the furniture of this period. Town Furniture of the Cape is the most comprehensive work on the subject to date and is without doubt a major contribution to South Africa's cultural heritage." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11268
- Title
- Town Furniture of the Cape
- Author
- Baraitser, Michael, and Anton Obholzer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 086977302X
- ISBN 13
- 9780869773024
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Struik, 1987) 086977302X
- Place of Publication
- South Africa
- This edition first published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Furniture. Cape of Good Hope. Urban dwellings. Material culture. Antiques Antiques and Collecting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques and Collecting;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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