Buy this book on-line Baraitser, Michael, and Anton Obholzer : Town Furniture of the Cape(Cape Town: Struik, 1987) 086977302X ISBN 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. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed; trace of spotting to edges. 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." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Baraitser, Michael, and Anton Obholzer : Town Furniture of the Cape. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, collectables, fine bindings, atlases and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |