SHOWROOM
125, Springfield Rd, Carlswald, Midrand,(Johannesburg,SOUTH AFRICA)
Telephone: +27 11 4682591
Email: cinda@tiscali.co.za
Open Monday to Saturday 10am-4pm
My passion is to travel to unusual places and to seek out things which are
not only beautiful and interesting, but have also been prized and held
close by their previous owners and thus given the patina and "soul" of
loving wear. Not everything that I sell is old - I also enjoy finding
new things that are worthy of acquiring the status of the beloved - especially
where they indulge the senses through extraordinary and sensual textures,
scents or colours.
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I have sought out the finest cashmere, silk, linen and suede, have designed
clothing, accessories (bags, shoes & belts) and cushions, finely woven
and textured or embellished with beads and hand embroidery. I have a limited
collection of fine cashmere jerseys and pure cashmere shawls. I have collected
antique silver, trade beads and gemstones and combined them in necklaces,
bracelets and earrings. An interesting array of Thangka paintings by Buddhist
monks from Kathmandu as well as original photographs taken in various
parts of the world are displayed in "old-wood" frames. There are also
some rare and unusual objects, such as much loved painted antique Tibetan
cupboards and interesting Himalayan artifacts (cheese boxes, butter churns,
wine containers and ceremonial objects used by Shamen).
The African objects have been collected over ten years of traveling and buying
in Africa and include original artifacts and functional objects such as stools,
bowls and containers, day-beds/coffee tables, currency objects made of iron and
copper, shields, spears, arrows and knives, hand-woven textiles, baskets as
well as contemporary Nguni skin floor coverings.
Talks at My Showroom:
I regularly give informal talks to groups (book-clubs, groups of friends,
etc.) at my showroom. You bring your friends (minimum of 8 and maximum of
20) and we will provide the refreshments. I talk on various subjects, e.g.
beads or ethnic textiles or African Tribal Art. Phone Cinda 083 284-1818.