Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND SATINE PARQUETRY TEA-TABLE
Lot 29 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF DR. MILTON AND MRS. MARILYN MYERS, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND SATINE PARQUETRY TEA-TABLE

BY FRANCOIS LINKE, THE MOUNTS DESIGNED BY LEON MESSAGE, PARIS, INDEX NUMBER 610, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed18 April 2013

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND SATINE PARQUETRY TEA-TABLE
BY FRANCOIS LINKE, THE MOUNTS DESIGNED BY LEON MESSAGE, PARIS, INDEX NUMBER 610, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The removable handled glass tray supported by four cherubic tritons, over a lower tier inlaid with lozenge parquetry, above a shaped frieze centered with acanthus 'crab' clasps, on cabriole legs with scrolled sabots, signed F. Linke
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high, 31¼ in. (79.5 cm.) wide, 28 in. (71.2 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 October 1998, lot 223.

Specialist note

This charming tea-table is a variant of Linke's celebrated table (No. 610) shown in his stand at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Examples of the form, including the present circular version, are illustrated in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, pp. 94, 117 and 494.