Lot Essay
See lot 261 for a note on François Linke.
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A Louis XIV style ormolu-mounted kingwood and coromandel lacquered armoire
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, CIRCA 1900
Details
A Louis XIV style ormolu-mounted kingwood and coromandel lacquered armoire
By François Linke, Circa 1900
The rectangular top above a spreading pediment applied to the center with an Apollo mask, above a frieze applied with rectangular mounts and paterae, the conforming case with egg-and-dart moulding above a pair of panelled doors decorated in colours with royal figures, the sides with quarter-veneered panels, on spirally fluted tapering legs headed by square paterae, the top right-hand corner signed LINKE, the lock engraved to the reverse CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS
72½in. (184.2cm.) high; 49½in. (125.8cm.) wide; 17½in. (44.5cm.) deep
By François Linke, Circa 1900
The rectangular top above a spreading pediment applied to the center with an Apollo mask, above a frieze applied with rectangular mounts and paterae, the conforming case with egg-and-dart moulding above a pair of panelled doors decorated in colours with royal figures, the sides with quarter-veneered panels, on spirally fluted tapering legs headed by square paterae, the top right-hand corner signed LINKE, the lock engraved to the reverse CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS
72½in. (184.2cm.) high; 49½in. (125.8cm.) wide; 17½in. (44.5cm.) deep