BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A SET OF SIX ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD DINING CHAIRS
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising a pair of fauteuils and four side-chairs; each cartouche-shaped padded back surmounted by a shell, on slight cabriole legs with acanthus clasps and scrolled sabots, the mounts variously inscribed ‘FL’, the underside of the sabots stamped 2449

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These chairs relate most closely with Linke's model for index number 1161 which, in addition to sharing similar construction and sinuous Louis XV form, incorporate nearly identical shell-form cresting to the seat-rails (illustrated C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 203).

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