BY FRANCOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 125, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND VERNIS MARTIN COMMODE
BY FRANCOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 125, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The serpentine fleur de pêcher marble top above a bombé door with pierced foliate encadrement and central 'crab' mount enclosing a shepherd and two shepherdesses, the sides similarly decorated with panels painted with hounds and ewes, the angles headed with trailing foliage, on tapering splayed legs with scrolled sabots, the lockplate engraved MEUBLES d'ART F. Linke PARIS, the reverse of the lockplate further stamped CT. LINKE SERRURERIE PARIS 125
41¼ in. (105 cm.) high, 44 1/8 in. (112 cm.) wide, 18¼ in. (46.4 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Records in the Linke Archive indicate that index number 125 was available solely in the present size, though with interchangeable vernis Martin or marquetry panels. Elegantly engraved lockplates, such as the example on the present commode, marked a 'high point' in Clément Linke's career as his brother's primary lock supplier and decorative locks of this type were reserved for few designs in Linke's oeuvre (C. Payne François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 357).

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