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Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968)

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Photograph depicting four different types of caned stinkwood chairs. From left to right: a Queen Anne tub or corner chair with tapered legs (c. 1730), a Tulbach chair with ball turned legs (c. 1700), a Louis XV or Huguenot tub chair with central back splat and cabriole legs (c. 1750), and a Louis XV or Huguenot chair with caned back, upholstered seat, carved front rail and cabriole legs (c. 1780). See also pages 54-59 of the 1960 edition of "Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa" by G. E. Pearse. All chairs are from the collection of Mr. M. G. Mackeurtan.

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Furniture, 18th Century, Eighteenth century, Chairs, Tulbagh chairs, Queen Anne tub chairs, Corner chairs, Angle chairs, Louis XV chairs, Huguenot chairs, Huguenot tub chairs, Caned chairs, Seventeenth century, 17th Century, Mackeurtan, M. G., Mr., Cabriole legs, Ball turned legs

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