Wine Farm Worker's Cottages Western Cape South Africa is a painting by Harold Kimmel which was uploaded on April 13th, 2011.
Wine Farm Worker's Cottages Western Cape South Africa
These cottages can be seen all along the Atlantic coast of South Africa mainly in the Western Cape.... more
Title
Wine Farm Worker's Cottages Western Cape South Africa
Artist
Harold Kimmel
Medium
Painting - Watercolour On Paper
Description
These cottages can be seen all along the Atlantic coast of South Africa mainly in the Western Cape.
The architectural style is based on the traditional Dutch way of building that was imported into the country by the early settlers about 300 years ago.
The building methods were modified to use local materials and simplified to suit the mainly unskilled labour available at the time.
The cottages housed the slaves that were used on the wine farms inland and the fishermen along the coastline.
Sadly these cottages no longer exist, but have been remoddled and upgraded and now are highly sought as holiday cottages at very high prices.
The counrty is the poorer for their dissapearance.
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April 13th, 2011
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