A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND SATINE PARQUETRY TEA-TABLE

BY FRANCOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 1455, THE MOUNTS DESIGNED BY LEON MESSAGE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND SATINE PARQUETRY TEA-TABLE
BY FRANCOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 1455, THE MOUNTS DESIGNED BY LEON MESSAGE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The removable rectangular tray with berried-laurel handles, held aloft by four triton supports, the rectangular top over a conforming frieze centered on each side with a ribbon-tied and ivy entwined thyrsus, on four classically-draped female terms joined by a pierced stretcher with central basket mount, on tapering toupie feet, the tray support signed F. Linke
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high, 30¼ in. (77 cm.) wide, 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner's grandmother in Paris, circa 1930.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Drawing room furnishings, such as lots 62 and 63, were widely produced by François Linke's firm in a variety of imaginative designs. Index number 1455 is an intriguing marriage of both Louis XV and Louis XVI styles, borrowing elements from Linke's Table à thé Louis XV (index number 610) and his Table Louis XVI Marie-Antoinette (index number 114). The resulting design simultaneously pays homage to Adam Weisweiler's genius a century earlier while also embracing Messagé's exaggerated interpretation of Rococo forms.

Another example of index number 1455 sold Christie's, New York, 21 October 2008, lot 343 ($68,500).

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