Live Auction 14227The Collector: Silver,19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE, BURR-MAPLE AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY COMMODE
Lot 515 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 512-518)

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE, BURR-MAPLE AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY COMMODE

IN THE MANNER OF RIESENER, BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 886, PARIS, LATE CIRCA 1900-1910

Closed16 November 2017

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GBP 25,000

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE, BURR-MAPLE AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY COMMODE
IN THE MANNER OF RIESENER, BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 886, PARIS, LATE CIRCA 1900-1910
The Sarrancolin marble top above a frieze drawer above a vanteaux cupboard door, the interior with a single adjustable shelf, signed 'F. Linke' to the right side upper moulding, the original key stamped to the flag with Index Number '886'
37 ¾ in. (96 cm.) high; 59 in. (150 cm.) wide; 21 ¼ in. (54 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 March 2012, lot 112 (£32,450).

Specialist note

The present commode is based on Jean-Henri Riesener's celebrated commode supplied in 1776 to Louis XVI for his cabinet intérieur at Fontainebleau. At a cost of 209 francs, François Linke purchased a set of patterns for the commode at the sale of the restorer and furniture-maker, Cueunières in November 1902. The model would prove a commercial success for Linke, who reinterpreted Riesener's design in versions of different sizes and complexity under Index Numbers 10, 104, 886 and 1036. Index Number 10 was a true replica of Riesener's commode at 170 cm. wide, whereas this commode, Index Number 886, was slightly smaller at 150 cm. wide and differed from the original with Linke's addition of female masks heading the cabriole legs. (see C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 205-206). Another smaller variant, Index Number 1437, sold Christie's , New York, 7 June 2011, lot 365 ($122,500).