Lot Essay
An identical table à ouvreuse, with locks signed by Linke, was sold Butterfields, San Francisco, 6 June 2000, lot 1420 ($25,300).
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CIRCA 1880
Details
A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted mahogany, parquetry and marquetry table a ouvreuse
Circa 1880
The shaped ormolu-banded and hinged top with a central panel decorated with a basket of flowers, flanked by trellis-decorated panels, opening to reveal a red velvet-lined interior, above an ormolu-banded wavy apron, decorated in-the-round with trellis panels, inset to the front with a single drawer, the angles mounted with scrolling foliage, on cabriole legs tapering to foliate-cast sabots, the locks stamped VF with crossed keys
29½in. (75cm.) high; 22in. (55.9cm.) wide; 12 7/8in. (32.8cm.) deep
Circa 1880
The shaped ormolu-banded and hinged top with a central panel decorated with a basket of flowers, flanked by trellis-decorated panels, opening to reveal a red velvet-lined interior, above an ormolu-banded wavy apron, decorated in-the-round with trellis panels, inset to the front with a single drawer, the angles mounted with scrolling foliage, on cabriole legs tapering to foliate-cast sabots, the locks stamped VF with crossed keys
29½in. (75cm.) high; 22in. (55.9cm.) wide; 12 7/8in. (32.8cm.) deep