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dc.contributor.authorTempelhoff, Johann W N
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-26T10:54:11Z
dc.date.available2012-01-26T10:54:11Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.identifier.citationTempelhoff, J.W.N. 1994. 'n Skeppende grensnyweraar: James Smith (1858 - 1934) meubelmaker van Noord-Transvaal. Contree, 36:9-14, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/4969]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0379-9867
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/5378
dc.description.abstract• Opsomming: James Smith is een van die belangrikste figure in die geskiedenis van meubelvervaardiging uit inheemse hout in die binneland van Suid-Afrika. Hierdie grenspionier van Noord- Transvaal het uit kiaathout besondere meubelstukke vervaardig wat vandag van besonder groot kulturele en historiese waarde is. Die artikel ondersoek die herkoms van James Smith, die evolusie van sy meubelstyl en die bedryf wat hy gevestig het.
dc.description.abstract• Summary: James Smith is one of the more important figures in the history of furniture manufacture from indigenous timber in the interior of South Africa. This frontiersman of Northern Transvaal used indigenous teak timber in the manufacture of furniture. These pieces are of exceptional cultural and historical value today. In the article the earliest history of James Smith, the evolution of his style and the unique type of industry that he established is traced.
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dc.publisherDepartement van Geskiedenis Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit / Department of History Rand Afrikaans Universityen_US
dc.relation.haspartDepartement van Geskiedenis Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit / Department of History Rand Afrikaans University
dc.title'n Skeppende grensnyweraar: James Smith (1858 - 1934) meubelmaker van Noord-Transvaal.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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