Lot Essay
A very similar cabinet also by Linke, though lacking the lovely marquetry panels seen on the present example, is illustrated in C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Woodbridge, 1985, p. 280.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 230-233)
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY SIDE-CABINET
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NUMBER 1300, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY SIDE-CABINET
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NUMBER 1300, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The rectangular marble top above a spreading foliate-cast frieze, the moulding signed F. Linke, over a pair of rectangular cupboard doors each set with a glazed panel over an inlaid flower-filled vase within an ormolu encadrement, the angles mounted with acanthus clasps and trailing bell-flowers, each side set with a similarly-framed circular glazed reserve over a lozenge parquetry panel, above a wavy apron and paw-cast sabots, the lock stamped CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS and 1300
60 5/8 in. (154 cm.) high; 36½ in. (92 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NUMBER 1300, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The rectangular marble top above a spreading foliate-cast frieze, the moulding signed F. Linke, over a pair of rectangular cupboard doors each set with a glazed panel over an inlaid flower-filled vase within an ormolu encadrement, the angles mounted with acanthus clasps and trailing bell-flowers, each side set with a similarly-framed circular glazed reserve over a lozenge parquetry panel, above a wavy apron and paw-cast sabots, the lock stamped CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS and 1300
60 5/8 in. (154 cm.) high; 36½ in. (92 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep