Lot Essay
For a note on François Linke, please see lot 182.
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BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, MODEL NUMBER 1515, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A Transitional style ormolu-mounted mahogany vitrine
By François Linke, Paris, Model number 1515, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
The demi-lune shaped brèche violette marble top above a conforming frieze decorated with floral swags and a central floral trophy, the angles headed with scrolled volute mounts, one inscribed F. Linke, the central cupboard door with glazed panel above a relief plaque depicting Venus and Cupid, opening to an interior with mirrored back and two glazed adjustable shelves, the sides with bowed glazed panels, on foliate-hipped cabriole legs tapering to scrolled sabots, the lock reverse stamped CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS and 1515
59 in. (150 cm.) high; 33¾ in. (85.8 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep
By François Linke, Paris, Model number 1515, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
The demi-lune shaped brèche violette marble top above a conforming frieze decorated with floral swags and a central floral trophy, the angles headed with scrolled volute mounts, one inscribed F. Linke, the central cupboard door with glazed panel above a relief plaque depicting Venus and Cupid, opening to an interior with mirrored back and two glazed adjustable shelves, the sides with bowed glazed panels, on foliate-hipped cabriole legs tapering to scrolled sabots, the lock reverse stamped CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS and 1515
59 in. (150 cm.) high; 33¾ in. (85.8 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep