Live Auction 2350500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, Including Oriental Carpets
A FRENCH GILTWOOD PORTE-POTICHE
Lot 163

A FRENCH GILTWOOD PORTE-POTICHE

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed22 October 2010

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A FRENCH GILTWOOD PORTE-POTICHE
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The shaped marble top above a foliate-carved frieze, on cabriole legs joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher and central boss, the underside inscribed 94112
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high, 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

Lots 163 and 165 are reminiscent of designs illustrated in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 432. Several porte-potiches were supplied by Linke as part of a large order in 1909 for Elias Meyer's residence in Grosvenor Square, London.