Cape Dutch furniture
The serious stuff
The following items are extremely valuable and have been
in my possession, some since 1975. Thank you to the Antique dealers in
Port Elizabeth and Knysna for their assistance, so long ago. True experts - Val Roux. 
Denise McAdam and her Mother, Magda Roberts (VOC kist in the Cape Sun) Jill Hunter.

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Fine patina yellowwood with Stinkwood inlays Jonkmanskas.
Highly original and an absolute treasure. Wide beam yellowwood.
Sourced by Magda Roberts for me.
Priceless

Solid Yellowwood table with turned legs
and carving-knife drawer (very deep)
purchased 1975 from Val Roux
Priceless

Original Oak "Fridge" Cooling cabinet.
Metal-lined.
purchased 1975 from Val Roux
Priceless

Original Yellowwood "kitchen" dresser.
(door opened to show inside)
Bog-original
Priceless

Large beam Oregon 'skeeps'-kis.
(Rope handles and sliding drawer inside)
purchased 1975
Priceless

Oak three-drawer dressing table.
purchased 1975
Priceless

Yellowwood Bed with Stinkwood Headboards.
Purchased Mrs. McAdam circa 1979.
The candle-burns exist on the headboards.
(Voortrekker - bible-reading time)
Priceless

Solid Yellowwood cupboard with stinkwood inlays.
The carpenter's handiwork is evident in the eloquent, imperfect hand carvings.
Irreplaceable.
Priceless

Totally original "wakis" (wagon-kist) resting on a sub-structure to provide suspension in the days of the ox-wagons.
All in yellowwood and oregon pine.
Original, very scarce.
Priceless

Proud to be South African, born in South Africa with an Afrikaans and English heritage.
The above pieces cannot be replaced.
I am a private seller who speaks English, Afrikaans, Xhosa and Spanish. (in a fashion).

email: martin@martins.co.za                back to Index