Lot Essay
See lot 378 for a note on François Linke.
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BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
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A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted tulipwood and vernis Martin bombe vitrine
By François Linke, Paris, Circa 1900
Of undulating bombé outline, decorated with framed panels of landscapes against a gold ground, with a shaped brèche violette marble top over an arched cornice, above a central bowed glazed panel door opening to reveal a mirrored interior and two glass shelves, between similar glazed panel sides, the projecting angles with scrolling foliage and reeded banding terminating to scrolled sabots, the upper-right mount inscribed Linke, the lock engraved to the reverse with [CT]LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS/103
63¾in. (161.9cm.) high; 35in. (88.9cm.) wide; 12¾in. (32.4cm.) deep
By François Linke, Paris, Circa 1900
Of undulating bombé outline, decorated with framed panels of landscapes against a gold ground, with a shaped brèche violette marble top over an arched cornice, above a central bowed glazed panel door opening to reveal a mirrored interior and two glass shelves, between similar glazed panel sides, the projecting angles with scrolling foliage and reeded banding terminating to scrolled sabots, the upper-right mount inscribed Linke, the lock engraved to the reverse with [CT]LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS/103
63¾in. (161.9cm.) high; 35in. (88.9cm.) wide; 12¾in. (32.4cm.) deep