BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NO. 2210, PARIS, CIRCA 1929

Though no glass cliché survives in the Linke Archive, the cabinet-maker's register lists the sale price for this seemingly unique model (Vitrine LXVI en bois d'acajou et marqueterie) as 25,500 francs in 1929 when the first and only entry appears. Even at the age of 74, Linke was constantly expanding his oeuvre, as demonstrated by this playful vitrine-cabinet featuring garland-bearing putti. The transitional form of the cabinet is related to a vitrine of earlier date, sold Christie's, New York, 25 October 2007, lot 304 ($34,600), and the whimsical putto figures are repeated from Linke's meuble d'appui number 1437, circa 1905, sold Christie's, New York, 7 June 2011, lot 365 ($122,500).