A Louis XVI-style ormolu-mounted marquetry and parquetry commode

AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, BY FRANOIS LINKE, CIRCA 1890

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A Louis XVI-style ormolu-mounted marquetry and parquetry commode
After the model by Jean-Henri Riesener, By Franois Linke, Circa 1890
The brche marble top above a foliate inset frieze drawer and a further pair of drawers centered by a shaped panel inlaid sans traverse to the center with a marquetry of a ewer, basket and flowers, and to each side with a foliate parquetry, with acanthus-cast apron, with similar parquetry-inlaid concave sides, on scroll-mounted legs and block feet, signed F. Linke to the right-hand side, the reverse of the locks stamped CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS
37in. (94cm.) high; 66in. (167.6cm.) wide; 25in. (64.8cm.) deep
Linke, F.

Lot Essay

The design of the present commode by Linke closely follows that of an original model executed in 1778 by the celebrated Parisian bniste Jean-Henri Riesener (matre 1768) for the cabinet de retraite of King Louis XVI at the chteau de Fontainebleau. The original commode was sold in Christie's recent sale of Works of Art from the Collection of Barons Nathaniel and Albert Von Rothschild (London, 8 July 1999, lot 201) and is now back at Versailles.

See lot 507 for a note on Franois Linke.

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