Bureau, stinkwood, Cape, 1770

Bureau, stinkwood, Cape, 1770

Convex, concave tabletop with plain key piece. Two straight-sided panelled doors and the sides of the top are also panelled. Fall-front with inlaid monogram DS, two birds and the date 1770 surrounded by branches and a coronet. One drawer, baluster-shaped legs, shaped cross-stretcher; five simplified rococo style escutcheon plates in Cape silver, marked IAB (Johannes Andries Bam, 1749-c. 1800).

De Pass Collection.

(SACHMC30/21)
   

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