BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 610, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND BOIS SATINE PARQUETRY TEA-TABLE
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 610, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The circular removable handled glass tray supported by four cherubic tritons, over a lower tier inlaid with lozenge parquetry, above a shaped frieze centered with acanthus 'crab' clasps, on cabriole legs with scrolled sabots, signed F. Linke under the tray
36 ½ in (92.7 cm.) high, 31 1/5 in. (80 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

This charming tea-table is a variant of Linke's celebrated table (Index No. 610) shown in his stand at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Examples of the form, including the present circular version, are illustrated in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, pp. 94, 117 and 494. An example of this form was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 19 April 2013, lot 66 ($46,875).

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