BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NUMBER 879, CIRCA 1900

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CENTER-TABLE
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NUMBER 879, CIRCA 1900
The rectangular fleur de pêcher marble top above a conforming foliate frieze cast with perched birds and flowerheads, set to the front with a long drawer, the reverse and sides similarly decorated, on tapering fluted legs with suspended floral garlands, the legs joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher, the lockplate stamped CT. LINKE SERRURERIE PARIS 879, the original key stamped 879
34 in. (86.3 cm.) high, 42 1/8 in. (107 cm.) wide, 23 5/8 in. (60 cm.) deep

Provenance

A Private Collection: Volume II, Sotheby's, New York, 19 April 2007, lot 170.

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Lot Essay

This fine table de salon was titled 'Table Louis XVI Marie-Antoinette, bois d'acajou' by Linke, to reflect the 18th century inspiration for the model, and 'Table Dasson', indicating that Linke bought the models for it from Henry Dasson, whose workshop closed in 1896. The black and white photograph reproduced here from the Linke Archive shows a clock garniture, known to have been made by or for Dasson, standing on top of this model of table.

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