Lot 564
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD MARQUETRY AND VERNIS MARTIN MEUBLE D'APPUI
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD MARQUETRY AND VERNIS MARTIN MEUBLE D'APPUI
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Prospective purchasers are advised that several co… Read more PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE PARISIAN FAMILY (LOTS 563-565)
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD MARQUETRY AND VERNIS MARTIN MEUBLE D'APPUI

BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NO. 431, CIRCA 1900

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD MARQUETRY AND VERNIS MARTIN MEUBLE D'APPUI
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NO. 431, CIRCA 1900
The spreading central pediment and flanking sides with breche violette marble tops, above a frieze centred to the front with a rocaille cartouche, above a ribbon-tied stepped border and cupboard door depicting a courting couple enclosing two adjustable shelves lined in blue velvet, flanked by two-panels with scrolling floral bouquets marquetry with similar decoration to the sides, on cabriole legs terminating in acanthus-clad sabots, signed to the top right corner mount 'F. Linke', the key stamped '431'
54 ½ in. (138.5 cm) high; 62 ¼ in. (158 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43.3 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay


This rare model 'Bahut Louis XV', Index Number 431, is first recorded to have been made in the 1890s with marquetry sides like the present example but that the accompanying photograph shows a variant with glazed side doors (courtesy Christopher Payne/Linke archive).

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