A Louis XV-style ormolu-mounted kingwood and marquetry table a ouvrage

BY FRANOIS LINKE, CIRCA 1900

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A Louis XV-style ormolu-mounted kingwood and marquetry table a ouvrage
By Franois Linke, Circa 1900
Of asymmetic form, the hinged, shaped top with raised moulded gallery enclosing a cartouche-shaped panel inlaid with a shell issuing trellis filled with trailing foliage and opening to reveal a fitted interior, the reverse of the top inlaid with a swan seen beyond a balustrade in a lakeside landscape, the waved apron mounted with interlaced trailing foliage, on cabriole legs with foliate-cast angle-mounts and similarly cast sabots, the lock-plate engraved F. LINKE. PARIS, the reverse side stamped CT. LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS
30in. (76.2cm.) high; 22in. (56.5cm.) wide; 13in. (33cm.) deep
Linke, F.

Lot Essay

In his article extolling the talent of Linke on show at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, Charles Dambreuse comments on an example of the present table ouvreuse, one of the exhibits: "Quelle pure merveille encore, ce guridon d'un style Pompadour si intelligemment renouvel: ce n'est pas assez de le regarder: ouvrez-le et vous verrez un adorable travail de marqueterie: c'est un cygne dont la noble blancheur flotte sur un de ces tangs si mlancoliques et si beaux, dont on ornait jadis les grands parcs aujourd'hui disparus (see C. Dambreuse, L'Art Industriel l'Exposition de Meuble de Style - M. F. Linke).

See lot 507 for a note on Franois Linke.

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