A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND SATINE BIBLIOTHEQUE

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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF DR. MILTON AND MRS. MARILYN MYERS, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND SATINE BIBLIOTHEQUE

BY FRANCOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NO. 1131, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND SATINE BIBLIOTHEQUE
BY FRANCOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NO. 1131, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The breakfront top above an alternating scrolling vine and guilloche frieze, above three quarter-veneered panels mounted with trailing foliage and two mesh doors enclosing shelves, on a breakfront plinth, inscribed F. Linke above the center right-hand door, the reverse of the lockplates stamped CT. LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS/1131, with various paper labels to the reverse
68 3/8 in. (173.5 cm.) high, 97½ in. (247.5 cm.) wide, 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 2001, lot 285.

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Lot Essay

The present bibliothèque closely resembles a model by Linke (index no. 1184) illustrated in both a project plan and photograph in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 444. A related bibliothèque lacking the mask and floral swag mounts was sold Christie's, London, 27 September 2007, lot 46 (£26,900).

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