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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND TULIPWOOD PARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND TULIPWOOD PARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT

BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 133, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Fermé19 April 2016

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND TULIPWOOD PARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 133, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The rectangular top above a a breakfront frieze set with three drawers, the reverse similarly decorated with false drawers, the sides centered with masks, on cabriole legs with satyr terminals and paw sabots, the lock-plate stamped CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS and with index number 133
30 ¼ in. (76.5 cm.) high, 55 ¼ in. (140.5 cm.) wide, 31 ½ in. (80 cm.) deep

Note du spécialiste

Produced in a variety of sizes and parquet finishes, index number 133 was among Linke's favorite designs and the ébéniste worked at an example of the largest in his personal at study at 32 Quai Henry IV in Paris (C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, pp. 438-9).