A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany and vernis Martin meuble d'appui

BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, CIRCA 1910

细节

A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany and vernis Martin meuble d'appui
By François Linke, Paris, Circa 1910
With central raised rectangular pink marble top above a sloping frieze centred with a torch and quiver, flanked on each side by a lower marble top, over a frieze centred to the front with birds within scrolling foliage, flanked by ribbon-hung garlands, the front centred by a hinged panel painted with figures after Fragonard, opening to two shelves, flanked by two plain panels with arched encadrements, on toupie feet, the upper right corner signed F. Linke, the lock stamped 149/CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS
51¼ in. (130.9 cm.) high; 51 in. (129.5 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (41.9 cm.) deep

拍品专文

The painting on this cabinet is after The Fountain of Love by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (d. 1806), depicting two young lovers rushing towards a fountain of bathing putti. The fountain was believed to be where Cupid dipped his arrows. A version of the original painting by Fragonard sold Christie's New York, 29 January 1999, lot 167.

See lot 94 for a note on François Linke.