Live Auction 16425A GOLDEN AGE: An Important Collection of 19th Century Furniture & Decorative Art
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
Lot 68

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE

BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NO. 1131, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed16 October 2018

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USD 25,000

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NO. 1131, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The breakfront top above an alternating scrolling vine and guilloche frieze, above three quarter-veneered panels mounted with trailing foliage and two grille doors enclosing shelves, the right door molding signed 'F. Linke' above, the reverse of the lockplates stamped 'CT. LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS/1131'
68 3/8 in. (173.5 cm.) high, 97½ in. (247.5 cm.) wide, 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The present bibliothèque closely resembles a model by Linke (index no. 1184) illustrated in both a project plan and photograph in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 444. A nearly identical bibliothèque was sold at Christie's, New York, 18 April 2013, lot 19 ($40,000).