A French ormolu-mounted, kingwood, tulipwood and Vernis Martin decorated meuble d'appui

IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, BY FRANCOIS LINKE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A French ormolu-mounted, kingwood, tulipwood and Vernis Martin decorated meuble d'appui
In the Louis XV Style, By Francois Linke, Late 19th Century
The fleur de pêche breakfront marble top with eared front angles, above an acanthus and pierced foliate frieze, signed to the right hand side on the half moulding F. Linke, above an inset arched door with a Vernis Martin decorated panel showing Venus and Cupid with attendants, flanked by an espagnolette caryatid to each side wearing a feathered head-dress, the interior with a shelf, the sides each with a panel veneered à quatre faces, on shaped apron, centred to the front by a mask, on scrolled claw feet, the back of the carcass with stencil mark PORTOIS & FIX/WIEN/160580
50½ in. (128.2 cm.) wide; 46½ in. (118.5 cm.) high; 18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

While working in Vienna for two years in the early 1870s Linke would have established contacts with a number of firms and it is interesting to see evidence of this here with the stencil mark of the retailers, Portois & Fix, Wien, which can be found on the reverse of this cabinet.
For a further note on this maker see lot 151.

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