CIRCA 1910

Details

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, BOIS SATINE AND WALNUT MARQUETRY COMMODE
CIRCA 1910
The brèche violette marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid with bois de bout floral marquetry, centred by a ribbon-tied laurel-cast wreath above intertwined cornucopiae, on cabriole legs, stamped to the wood on the top edge of the drawer 'LIN' and stamped 'LIN..' and 'LINC' to the top front corner roundel mounts, the underside of the lock escutcheon plate stamped 'BF 37', the underside of the marble numbered '2'
36 ¼ in. (92.5 cm.) high; 66 ½ in. (169 cm.) wide; 26 in.(66 cm.) deep

Provenance

By repute, the Egyptian Royal family.
Bought in Cairo in 1954 by the present owner’s father.

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Lot Essay

The inspiration for this commode is derived from the bureau de roi commissioned by Louis XV from Jean-François Oeben (maïtre 1759) and completed by Jean-Henri Riesener (d. 1806). François Linke is recorded to have made a version as illustrated in C. Payne, François Linke, 1855-1946 – The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 498, index no. 720.

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