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

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, BOIS SATINE AND MARQUETRY PEDESTAL DESK
BY FRANCOIS LINKE, PARIS, LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The shaped rectangular green later leather-inset top within an ormolu surround, above a frieze fronted by three drawers, the central drawer fitted, above two pedestals each with a cupboard door decorated with bois de bout floral marquetry, flanking a kneehole inlaid with a flower-filled basket within a serpentine encadrement, the angles headed by acanthus and terminating in scrolled sabots, stamped to the inside of the locks 'CT LINKE/ SERRURERIE/PARIS'
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 53 in. (135 cm.) wide; 23 ½ in. (60 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This rare model of pedestal desk by François Linke is recorded in the Linke archive as Index Number 711 with the Linke title ‘Bureau Lxv â 8 pieds’. To the backboard of the kneehole it features Linke’s signature ‘crab’ shaped clasp: a water-spilling coquille surrounded by acanthus leaves. Please see Lot 13 for a note on François Linke.

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