BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 1184, PARIS, CIRCA 1900

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 1184, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Of breakfront form, the spreading pediment with ribbon-tied laurel surround above a guilloche scrolled frieze, the two grille doors divided by a quarter-veneered central pilaster and flanked to each side by a further pilaster with a door, each with beaded frame and headed by a laurel-wreathed female mask, the interior fitted with four adjustable shelves, on a stepped plinth, the reverse of the lock-plates stamped 'CT LINKE / SERRURERIE / PARIS’ and numbered '1184’
63 in. (160 cm.) high; 90 in. (228.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 27 September 2007, lot 46.

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Lot Essay

A variation of this model of bibliothèque (index no. 1184) was sold Christie's, New York, 18 April 2013, lot 19 ($40,000) and is illustrated in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 444.

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