Lot Essay
The table model for lots 262 and 263 relates closely to Linke's index number 156, a cliché for which is illustrated C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 489.
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ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS LINKE, LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
A LOUIS XV-STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND KINGWOOD PARQUETRY GUERIDON
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS LINKE, LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The circular ormolu-moulded top inlaid with lozenge parquetry above a conforming garland-hung frieze set to the front with a short drawer, on foliate-hipped cabriole legs joined by an X-shaped stretcher, with scrolled sabots
29 1/4 in. (74 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS LINKE, LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The circular ormolu-moulded top inlaid with lozenge parquetry above a conforming garland-hung frieze set to the front with a short drawer, on foliate-hipped cabriole legs joined by an X-shaped stretcher, with scrolled sabots
29 1/4 in. (74 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep
Provenance
Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schilling, Rockford, Illinois; Christie's, New York, 25 October 2007, lot 444.
Special notice
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The table model for lots 262 and 263 relates closely to Linke's index number 156, a cliché for which is illustrated C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 489.