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A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood, parquetry and vernis Martin meuble d'appui
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A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood, parquetry and vernis Martin meuble d'appui

BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 204, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood, parquetry and vernis Martin meuble d'appui
By François Linke, Index number 204, Paris, Late 19th century
The serpentine Griotte de Campan Rouge marble top above a bomb ae door painted with a scène gallante, the interior fitted with a single shelf, the front angles each with a scrolling foliate clasp, the right clasp signed F. Linke, the bombé sides decorated with square parquetry fields, on cabriole legs and acanthus-cast sabots
42½ in. (108 cm.) high; 35¾ in. (91 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
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This is an early Linke model, a variation of a popular form, the apron with the distinct 'crab-like' acanthus modelled by Leon Messagé initially for Roux et Brunet in the early 1880s. All the mounts are typical of Linke's work, taking the sinewy foliate detail favoured by Linke's mentor Zwiener to a more recognisable French form. Linke's indistinct drawings make it difficult to date the making of the first of these cabinets with any accuracy; the first appears in Daybook 5 used between 1887 and 1898, but without the Linke archive number. The first clear evidence is in the first Blue daybook where it is numbered 204 and titled Bahut simple Crieger. Linke habitually misspelled the name of one of his important customers, Maison Krieger of 199 Faubourg St. Antoine. The entry is so highly detailed that it is almost indecipherable. However, the cabinetmaker Backman made three carcasses in 542 hours. No vernis Martin examples were made after the 1890s. A marquetry version was made in 1908 and two two-door examples, without painting, in the 1930s.

Footnote researched and compiled by Christopher Payne. Please see lot 129 for a further note on Linke.