BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 1184, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 1184, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of breakfront form, the spreading pediment with ribbon-tied laurel surround above a guilloche scrolled frieze, the two grille doors divided by a quarter-veneered central pilaster and flanked to each side by a further pilaster with a door, each with beaded frame and headed by a laurel-wreathed female mask, the interior fitted with four adjustable shelves, on a stepped plinth, the reverse of the lock-plates stamped CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS and numbered 1184
63 in. (160 cm.) high; 90 in. (228.5 cm.) wide; 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This bibliothèque appears to be a variation of Index Number 1184 (see C. Payne. François Linke, 1855-1946 - The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 444, pl. 524-5).

Please see lot 212 for a note on François Linke.

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