Sale 8295
New York, East
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14 October 1999
Price realised
USD 4,600
Estimate
A Louis XV style-ormolu-mounted kingwood encoignure vitrine By Franois Linke, Circa 1900 The brche d'alep marble top above a shaped glazed door with foliate frame, the velvet-lined interior with a pair of glass shelves, the angles with foliate clasps, on shaped tapering legs and foliate sabots, the reverse of the mounts variously stamped F L, the reverse of the lock stamped CT LINKE/PARIS 45in. (114cm.) high; 17in. (43.2cm.) overall depth Linke, F.
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