AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE, surmounted by a breche d'alep serpentine-shaped marble top, above three drawers, inlaid sans traverse with a parquetry inlay, framed by a foliate scrolled mount with shell cartouches, the sides similarly inlaid with parquetry within ormolu borders, the shaped angles with foliate clasps and scroll sabots, the carcass twice stamped F. LINKE, the top drawer with retailers stamp H. MAWER & STEPHENSON/LONDON (the marble top broken) late 19th Century

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE, surmounted by a breche d'alep serpentine-shaped marble top, above three drawers, inlaid sans traverse with a parquetry inlay, framed by a foliate scrolled mount with shell cartouches, the sides similarly inlaid with parquetry within ormolu borders, the shaped angles with foliate clasps and scroll sabots, the carcass twice stamped F. LINKE, the top drawer with retailers stamp H. MAWER & STEPHENSON/LONDON (the marble top broken) late 19th Century
42¾in. (108.5cm.) wide; 37¼in. (94.5cm) high; 21½in. (54.5cm.) deep

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Its serpentined and bombé facade is embellished with a lozenge-cartouche of parquetry cubes, in an acanthus-scrolled frame incorporating Venus' scallops-shell badge. It derives from Louis XV furniture of the mid-eighteenth century, and relates to the style of furniture for which Francois Linke (1855-1946) gained a gold medal at the 1900 Paris exhibition.
The house furnishers, H. Mawer and Stephenson are recorded at Buckingham Palace Road in the 1890's.

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