IN THE MANNER OF WEISWEILER, BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 684, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED ACAJOU MOUCHETE CABINET-ON-STAND
IN THE MANNER OF WEISWEILER, BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 684, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The rectangular fleur de pêcher marble top above a frieze centred by a laurel-garlanded Bacchic mask, flanked by scrolling acanthus, above a panelled door centred by a ribbon-suspended lyre and foliate pendant, the interior with a single adjustable shelf, the reverse of the lock stamped CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS and numbered 684, with panelled sides and angles set with tapering female caryatids, the lower section with frieze drawer applied with a patera-filled guilloche band, above tapering fluted quiver-form legs joined by a looped stretcher surmounted by a floral-festooned urn finial, on tapering feet
70½ in. (179 cm.) high; 29 7/8 in. (76 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep

Literature

C. Payne, François Linke, 1855-1946 - The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 247, pl. 262.

Special notice

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.

Sale room notice

Please note, this cabinet-on-stand is signed F. Linke to the top of the front right leg, and its original key is stamped with the index number 684.

Lot Essay

Payne notes that the present cabinet-on-stand, index number 684, was originally made by Beurdeley, before being copied and, in addition, adapted as a companion vitrine by Linke. An example of both the cabinet and vitrine was supplied to Elias Meyer for his Grosvenor Square mansion (see Payne, 2003, p. 247, pl. 262 for a contemporary photograph showing both in situ). After the latter's death in 1926, these were re-purchased by Linke and subsequently sold to the King of Egypt towards the end of the same decade.

For a note on François Linke, please see lot 100.

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