Lot 63
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François Linke, Index Number 509, Paris, circa 1900
François Linke, Index Number 509, Paris, circa 1900
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François Linke, Index Number 509, Paris, circa 1900

A NEAR PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD VITRINES

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François Linke, Index Number 509, Paris, circa 1900
A NEAR PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD VITRINES
Each with serpentine fleur de pêcher marble top above a moulded cornice centred by a floral-spray, over a central bombé glazed door set with an ormolu frame cast with foliage and trelliswork and with similarly-mounted glazed sides, the mirrored interior with red-velvet lined base and fitted with three adjustable glass shelves, the angles set with floral clasps, above a shaped apron centred by a water-spilling shell mount, on cabriole legs with scrolling acanthus-wrapped sabots, one signed 'F. Linke' to the upper right ormolu clasp, the other to the lower left clasp, the reverse of one with stencil 'FROM [...] WELLS / FURNITURE WAREHOUSE...', wired for interior lights
65 in. (165 cm.) high; 33½ in. (85 cm.) wide; 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) deep
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Provenance
The Property of a Lady; Christie’s, London, 27 September 2007, lot 212 (£180,500).
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Lot Essay

Christopher Payne has suggested that Linke created the present model, index number 905, immediately before the 1900 Exposition universelle in Paris. The scrolling foliate-cast ormolu frame to the bombé glazed door and sides of this pair of vitrines is comparable to that applied to a vitrine first produced by Linke in 1897, index number 487. A single example of this vitrine, which is similar in proportion to the pair offered here, was sold Christie's, New York, 26 October 2004, lot 321 ($237,100). Similar rocaille trelliswork was also applied to index number 905, listed by Linke as 'Vitrine Louis XV bronze sur glace', which was first exhibited at the Paris 1900 Exposition universelle, and an example sold Christie's, London, 29 March 2007, lot 100 (£96,000).

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