ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, CIRCA 1900

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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILTWOOD BERGERES AND A TABOURET
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Each with rocaille carved frame and upholstered in gilt-highlighted floral blue silk damask, the tabouret en suite
45 ¾ in. (116 cm.) high, the bergères
19 in. (48 cm.) high; 31 ½ in. (80 cm.), square, the tabouret

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Lot Essay

These bergères and matching tabouret are in the vigorous rococo style designed by the sculptor–ornamentalist Léon Messagé for François Linke (compare a bergère, Index Number 2568, illustrated in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, pl.497, p. 426).

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