BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 610, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

This charming tea-table is a variant of Linke's celebrated table (Index No. 610) shown in his stand at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Examples of the form, including the present circular version, are illustrated in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, pp. 94, 117 and 494. An example of this form was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 19 April 2013, lot 66 ($46,875).