A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 1184, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Of breakfront form, the spreading pediment with ribbon-tied laurel surround above a guilloche scrolled frieze, the two grille doors divided by a quarter-veneered central pilaster and flanked to each side by a further pilaster with a door, each with beaded frame and headed by a laurel-wreathed female mask, the interior fitted with four adjustable shelves, on a stepped plinth, the reverse of the lock-plates stamped 'CT LINKE / SERRURERIE / PARIS’ and numbered '1184’
63 in. (160 cm.) high; 90 in. (228.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43.5 cm.) deep
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 1184, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Of breakfront form, the spreading pediment with ribbon-tied laurel surround above a guilloche scrolled frieze, the two grille doors divided by a quarter-veneered central pilaster and flanked to each side by a further pilaster with a door, each with beaded frame and headed by a laurel-wreathed female mask, the interior fitted with four adjustable shelves, on a stepped plinth, the reverse of the lock-plates stamped 'CT LINKE / SERRURERIE / PARIS’ and numbered '1184’
63 in. (160 cm.) high; 90 in. (228.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43.5 cm.) deep
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