A FINE FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY CENTER TABLE
A FINE FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY CENTER TABLE

AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, BY FRANCOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 251, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FINE FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY CENTER TABLE
AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, BY FRANCOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 251, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The shaped rectangular top depicting an allegory of Science, above a central frieze drawer to the front, the sides and back each centered by a rectangular panel inlaid with putti emblematic of the Arts and Sciences, on tapering legs terminating in foliate-cast sabots, the reverse of the bronzes incised FL
29½ in. (75 cm.) high, 42¾ in. (109 cm.) wide, 23½ in. (60 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This ormolu-enriched table, embellished with Roman foliage and inlaid with studious figures emblematical of the Sciences, is copied from one supplied in 1771 for Louis XVI's Garde-Meuble by Jean-Henri Riesener (maître 1768), and is now on display at the Petit Trianon, Versailles. The table was reproduced in the 19th and early 20th centuries by such celebrated ébénistes as Beurdeley and, as illustrated here, François Linke. An example of Linke's index number 251 is shown in the Elias Meyer residence at 16 Grosvenor Square, London (C. Payne, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 246). Another table was sold A Private Collection, Volume I, Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2006, lot 201 ($39,000).

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