RICUS DULLAERT OF KUNSTHANDEL H.W.C.DULLAERT.

The antique scene of South Africa was been enriched with a new face three and a half years ago. The first experiences Ricus had in antique-dealing were not in South Africa. As a 17 year old he began exhibiting on a small fair in his hometown Zutphen, the Netherlands were he offered antique silver and watches. When he was 21 years old he and his twin brother Peter opened an antiqueshop in the same town and exhibited at antique fairs all over the Netherlands. In 1989 Ricus joined the prestigious Flandres antiques fair in the Belfort in Bruges. In that same year he opened his gallery on Keizersgracht in Amsterdam. In 1990 Ricus acquired the title of sworn appraiser in antiques. In that same year he joined the prestigious art fairs in Breda (Nederlandse Kunst en Antiekbeurs Breda) and Amsterdam (Pictura Amsterdam National). On the latter he will exhibit in November 2010 for the 20th time. Ricus is also a regular exhibitor at both the Cape Town and Johannesburg SAADA fairs, as well as the NAADA and Nelson Mandela Square fairs. In the Netherlands Ricus has a good name as a dealer in Russian & Greek icons as well as in general antiques. In South Africa Ricus mainly deals in Dutch 17th and 18th century armoires and other Dutch antiques. This furniture resembles the Cape Furniture from the 17th and 18th century. On the S.A.A.D.A. fair in October Ricus will exhibit:

Two 18th century Amsterdam long case clocks (one with a dial with the Christmas scene, the other with an automaton with sailing ships), a burr walnut and a mahogany 18th century Dutch armoire, two compagnie kists from the 18th century, a South African colonial family bible printed in 1756 in Dordrecht with a family chronicle from the Coetzer-Duplessis family from Cradock, a rare 19th century hunting cabinet from Bavaria to store guns, a 17th/19th century Dutch diaper cabinet and a 17th century Dutch ‘kussenkast’ veneered with pallisander and ebony.

ricusdullaert@gmx.net , 073-1529022, www.icons-dullaert.nl

Simon Leighton Morris continues to visit the United Kingdom to select pieces for the South African market which can be seen in our showroom in Parkhurst, and he strongly feels that taking into account the world wide situation, furniture of this quality is a very much worth while consideration offering excellent value and good prices comparable with more modern day furniture.
 
Our restoration workshop was started in 1975 and we have specialized in the restoration of Georgian and Victorian furniture throughout these years.
Due to the lack of qualified restorers (BADA diploma's) we brought out craftsmen from the U.K. in 1980 and we have therefore been able to offer a very high standard of workmanship all work being carried out with great care entirely done in the traditional manner in keeping with the style and age of each piece of furniture.

(Simon Leighton-Morris)
30 9th Street, Cnr of 4th Ave, Parkhurst, 2193
P.O. Box 781096, Sandton, 2146
Tel: (011) 788 6316
Fax: (011) 788 6317
email: morleigh@tiscali.co.za

Above right: Early Victorian mahogany bookcase Circa 1845