IN THE MANNER OF ADAM WEISWEILER, BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NO. 114, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

The following two tables are based on an early model by François Linke, which was introduced circa 1890 and remained a popular design until 1919. The vitrine or bijouterie version of this table was exhibited by Linke at 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, illustrated in situ in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 122, pl. 137. Linke created several variants on the design, including one with a fleur de pêcher marble top, which can be seen in an engraving of Linke's Place Vendôme showrooms in 1903 (C. Payne, pp. 160 & 161, pls. 171 & 172), and a version with an alternately fluted and foliate frieze, index no. 1301 (C. Payne, p. 502). Examples of the model with marble tops were sold Christie's, New York, 9 June 2014, lots 5 and 6 ($46,250 and $57,500).