Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968)Ellis, Robert2008-11-032008-11-0319352008-11-03http://hdl.handle.net/2263/7738Canoscan 8000f scanner used, file scanned in at 72DPI, edited using Photoshop v7. File dimensions: 400 x 531 pixels. File size: 11.5 KB.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. It is the same piece described on p. 97, and shown (with the fall-flap open) in Fig. 127 on p. 103, of the 1960 edition of G. E. Pearse's "Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa".Complies with rights as specified by Collection AdministratorFurniture18th CenturyEighteenth centuryEscritoiresFehr, William, (1892-1968)The CastleBureau bookcasesBroken pedimentsBombé drawersCanted cornersSplayed cornersArchitecture -- South Africa -- 18th centuryFurniture, Dutch colonial -- South Africa -- 18th centuryWriting desks -- South Africa -- 18th centuryFurniture -- South Africa -- 18th centuryImage