Lot Essay
See lot 152 for a note on Franois Linke.
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BY FRANCOIS LINKE, CIRCA 1900
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A French ormolu-mounted mahogany dressing-table and mirror
By Francois Linke, Circa 1900
Surmounted by an oval mirror within a 'ribbon'-tied reeded frame, with foliate-cast interwoven festoon to the base, supported on a pair of lion's paws, each with a pair of foliate-cast candle-branches, the right-hand paw inscribed Linke, the table with rectangular top with 'ribbon'-tied reeded edge, above a central drawer with laurel-wreath handles, flanked to each side by a pair of smaller drawers, on tapering legs headed by scrolling acanthus and husk pendants, on lion's-paw feet
52 in. (132 cm.) wide; 62 in. (157.5 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
By Francois Linke, Circa 1900
Surmounted by an oval mirror within a 'ribbon'-tied reeded frame, with foliate-cast interwoven festoon to the base, supported on a pair of lion's paws, each with a pair of foliate-cast candle-branches, the right-hand paw inscribed Linke, the table with rectangular top with 'ribbon'-tied reeded edge, above a central drawer with laurel-wreath handles, flanked to each side by a pair of smaller drawers, on tapering legs headed by scrolling acanthus and husk pendants, on lion's-paw feet
52 in. (132 cm.) wide; 62 in. (157.5 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep