A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SATINE AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
BY FRANCOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NUMBER 545, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of bombé form, the serpentine brèche du Benou verte marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverses with scrolling foliage, exotic birds and monkeys, the sides similarly decorated with climbing squirrels, the angles headed with trailing foliage, on splayed legs with scrolled sabots, the lock plate stamped CT LINKE SERRURERIE PARIS 545, the original key stamped 545
34¾ in. (88.2 cm.) high, 31 5/8 in. (80.3 cm.) wide, 20½ in. (52.1 cm.) deep
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SATINE AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
BY FRANCOIS LINKE, PARIS, INDEX NUMBER 545, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of bombé form, the serpentine brèche du Benou verte marble top above two drawers inlaid sans traverses with scrolling foliage, exotic birds and monkeys, the sides similarly decorated with climbing squirrels, the angles headed with trailing foliage, on splayed legs with scrolled sabots, the lock plate stamped CT LINKE SERRURERIE PARIS 545, the original key stamped 545
34¾ in. (88.2 cm.) high, 31 5/8 in. (80.3 cm.) wide, 20½ in. (52.1 cm.) deep