BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 161, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

细节

A TRANSITIONAL STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BREAKFRONT VITRINE
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 161, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The fleur de pêcher marble top above a central glazed door, the lock stamped to the reverse CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS and numbered 161, the angles to the front with scrolling foliate clasps, one signed F. Linke, the mirrored back interior fitted with two glass shelves, the sides with glass panels, on scroll feet with acanthus-cast sabots
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 49¼ in. (125 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep

出版

J. Abbott, Jansen, Acanthus Press, 2006.

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

Linke's numbering system, perfected in the late 1890s and such a unique tool in researching and dating his work, is notoriously unreliable in the late 1880s when this cabinet was first conceived. The present lot, in a French Louis XV/XVI or Transitional style, was followed closely by a similar model of more typical Louis XV inspiration with shaped sides. The first clear entry is for one cabinet only in the Blue daybook number 1-390, where it is titled as Bibliothèque pour Jansen. At the time Jansen was becoming one of the most celebrated decorators in Paris and had also just taken over the cabinetmakers plans and master models of Linke's mentor, Zwiener. Futher examples were made in 1902, 1909, and the last in 1922.

Footnote researched and compiled by Christopher Payne. For a further note on François Linke, please see lot 100.