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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY VITRINE CABINET
Lot 123

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY VITRINE CABINET

BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 239, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Fermé6 March 2014

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GBP 20,000

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY VITRINE CABINET
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 239, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The demi-lune brèche violette marble top above a frieze centred by satyrs carrying a drunken Bacchus flanked by ribbon-tied swags, the central glazed panelled door with relief plaque depicting love birds inclosing a cream silk-lined interior with two adjustable shelves, the sides with glazed panels, the angles headed by Pan masks supporting musical trophies, on foliate-headed cabriole legs tapering to scrolled sabots, the reverse of the lockplate stamped '239/ 'CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS'
62 ¾ in. (159.5 cm.) high; 33 ¾ in. (86 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep

Note du spécialiste

Richly embellished with gilt-bronze scrolling acanthus, putti and musical attributes this vitrine is a more elaborate version of Index Number 1151, an example of which sold A Private Collection: Volume I, Sotheby’s, New York, 26 October 2006, lot 46 ($30,000). For a note on François Linke, please see Lot 13.

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