BY FRANCOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 73, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD VITRINE-ON-STAND
BY FRANCOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 73, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With three-quarter galleried top above a cabinet with mirrored back, three mirrored shelves and a removable green-silk-lined base, the legs joined by an undertier, one chute signed Linke, the lockplate stamped CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS/73
62½ in. (159 cm.) high, 30 in. (76 cm.) wide, 15 in. (38 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This popular model by Linke, centered with Méssagé's recognizable 'crab-like acanthus' design, was available in a number of variations. A drawing of a simplified version is illustrated in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 64 and a cliché for this more decorative variation is illustrated in C. Payne, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 487.

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