THE CARCASS BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 131, THE MOUNTS DESIGNED BY LÉON MESSAGÉ, PARIS, CIRCA 1900, THE MALACHITE 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MALACHITE-VENEERED VITRINE-TABLE
THE CARCASS BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 131, THE MOUNTS DESIGNED BY LÉON MESSAGÉ, PARIS, CIRCA 1900, THE MALACHITE 20TH CENTURY
The hinged glass top opening to a silk-lined interior, above a serpentine frieze centered on each side with shells and trophies, on cabriole legs with scrolled sabots, signed F. Linke to the molding, the lock-plate stamped CT/LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS/131
31 ¼ in. (79.5 cm.) high, 30 in. (76.5 cm.) wide, 22 ¾ in. (58 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Linke produced a number of these charming display tables in 75 cm. and 100 cm. widths, the first of which was produced in the early 1890s and the final example for the English retailer of Maple in 1919. (C. Payne, European Furniture of the 19th Century, Woodbridge, 2013, p. 247). Another example of this form with original kingwood veneers was sold at Christie's, New York, 9 June 2014, lot 89 ($30,000).

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