ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS LINKE, PARIS, CIRCA 1885

Presumably manufactured by Linke for Maison Krieger, it is interesting to note that no glass cliché exists in the Linke Archive for this Cressent-inspired commode. However, a photographic record of the present lot, illustrated here, survives in the Archive and was likely acquired from Krieger once Linke had established a comprehensive record of clichés. Linke's early relationship with established Parisian cabinet-makers is well-documented in Christopher Payne's reference on the ébéniste, which cites Krieger and Jansen among Linke's first clients during the early 1880s (C. Payne, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 37). Further supporting the attribution is the existence of nearly identical commodes supplied by Krieger, an example of which is illustrated in P. Kjellberg Le meuble Français et Europeén du moyen âge à nos jours, Paris, 1991, p. 490.