Armoire, Meerlust

Abstract

Photograph depicting an armoire at Meerlust. The bottom part has canted corners and three bombé drawers (shaped in section). The moulded feet are linked by a shaped apron. The cornice is broken around the meeting stiles and splayed angle frames. It is the same piece described on p. 130, and shown in Fig. 160 (photographed by Edrich) on p. 134, of the 1960 edition of G. E. Pearse's book "Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa".