Author: Baraitser, Michael. & Obholzer, Anton.
Title: Cape Country Furniture. A Pictorial Survey of Regional Styles, Materials and Techniques in the Cape Province of South Africa.
Description: A.A. Balkema. Cape Town 1971 1st edition. Chocolate cloth boards, 286pp illustrated b/w. 4to 1.4kg. No inscription. A sound clean copy, G++ in Poor dustwrapper (in two halves). Contents excellent. The Cape Country style developed in the rural areas of the Cape away from imported styles that flourished in the main centres. With this in mind the authors systematically searched the Cape platteland for may years, resulting in the definition of this style with details of its construction and materials along with the almost 1000 photographs reproduced herein.

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