Browsing Pearse Collection by Subject "Architecture -- South Africa -- 18th century"

Browsing Pearse Collection by Subject "Architecture -- South Africa -- 18th century"

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  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968) (2008-10-17)
    Photograph depicting a mid-18th century cane chair belonging to Major Jardine. It has curved legs and club feet. Note that only the backrest and seat are caned while the sides are not. It appears to be the same piece shown ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968) (2008-11-03)
    Photograph depicting a kist from Alphen. The openwork key escutcheon in a square frame, as well as the handles and angle strips are in brass. Unusually, the chest has two bun feet in front and two plain feet at the back. ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968) (2008-10-23)
    Photograph depicting a chest of drawers of the linenfold low type with a shaped top, probably from the late 18th century. It has heavy, squat cabriole legs terminating in ball-and-claw feet. Photograph probably considered ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968) (2008-10-23)
    Photograph depicting a small chest of drawers with cabriole legs. It is made of Coromandel wood, with silver fittings copied from a box at the Koopmans de Wet House. At the time it was photographed it belonged to Mr. William ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968); Ellis, Robert (2008-10-17)
    Photograph by Robert Ellis depicting a typical 18th century china cabinet. The lower portion consists of a single drawer - the front of which is shaped in plan - supported by cabriole legs with club feet. The cornice follows ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968); Elliot, Arthur, 1870-1938 (2008-11-10)
    Photograph depicting a china (display) cabinet with a gabled pediment, from the Groote Schuur Collection. The whole has canted sides, with the glazing of the top part continued around the corners. The bottom part has doors ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968); Elliot, Arthur, 1870-1938 (2008-10-31)
    Photograph depicting a corner cupboard at Koopmans de Wet House. It appears in Fig. 48 on page 39 of the 1960 edition of prof. Geoffrey Pearse's book "Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa". It is quite unusual, as ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968) (2008-11-03)
    Photograph depicting a sturdy cradle from Koopmans de Wet House, probably from the 18th century. It is made of wood, and the ends are on rockers.
  • Cupboard 
    Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968) (2008-10-31)
    Photograph depicting a cupboard with ball-and-claw feet, and doors with fielded panels and shaped tops. It has quite an elaborate cornice with carved key block, and linenfold drawers. An unusual feature is the apron moulding ...
  • Cupboard 
    Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968); Elliot, Arthur, 1870-1938 (2008-11-03)
    Photograph depicting a cabinet on stand type cupboard with a gabled pediment from Groote Schuur, probably from the third quarter of the 18th century. The lower part has one drawer with a partial linenfold pattern. The ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968); Elliot, Arthur, 1870-1938 (2008-10-23)
    Photograph depicting a cupboard of the cabinet on stand type, housed at Groote Schuur. Its base has cabriole legs, an ornate apron and curved, crossed stretchers. It has one drawer and quite a heavy cornice. For similar ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968) (2008-10-15)
    Measured preparatory drawings of wardrobe decorations. The top drawing shows the key block of an armoire at Groote Schuur in Cape Town. The two bottom drawings depict a key block and pilaster ornament on a corner cupboard ...
  • Fassler, John (1910-1971); Ellenberger, M.J. (2007-08-07)
    Architectural details of the swimming bath at Groot Constantia.
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968); Yates, Alan (2008-10-17)
    Photograph showing decorative details on the cornice of a wooden corner cupboard from Klassenbosch, depicted on pages 151-155 of the 1960 edition of prof. Geoffrey Pearce's book "Eighteenth Century Furniture in South ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968) (2008-10-17)
    Photograph depicting an ornamental silver drawer handle. It appears to be from mrs. Gordon's coromandel chest of drawers, not original but copied from a box at Koopmans de Wet House. It is shown in Fig. 142 on p. 116 of ...
  • Fassler, John (1910-1971); Intash, W.G.M. (2007-08-07)
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968) (2008-10-23)
    Photograph depicting an escritoire belonging to Mrs. N. Mark. Below the desk are three drawers shaped in plan (linenfold), within a splayed frame. The unusual cornice has a carved key block. It is the same piece shown in ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968); Ellis, Robert (2008-11-03)
    Photograph of an escritoire belonging to Mr. William Fehr, located at the Castle in Cape Town. It has a bombé fronted lower section with canted corners. The broken pediment has a carved vase with flowers between the scrolls. ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968); Elliot, Arthur, 1870-1938 (2008-10-17)
    Photograph depicting an escritoire once in the possession of Mrs. Purcell, but now housed in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg. It has a decorative cornice and four drawers, the fronts of which are shaped in plan. It is ...
  • Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968); Elliot, Arthur, 1870-1938 (2008-10-17)
    Photograph depicting an intricately chased silver key escutcheon at Groot Constantia. It resembles those depicted in Chapter Eight of the 1960 edition of prof. Geoffrey Pearce's book "Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa".