ID 1126387
Lot 20 | A FINE AND LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD FOUR-SIDED VITRINE
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
BY FRANCOIS LINKE, THE MOUNTS DESIGNED BY LEON MESSAGE, INDEX NO. 608, PARIS, CIRCA 1904
Of bombé form, surmounted by a spreading pediment headed by an enfant guerrier holding a bow atop a cloud, each side centered by a female mask, flanked to each side by a coquille, above a convex glazed door, each apron mounted with winged cartouche, the interior lined with silk damask and fitted with two adjustable shelves, on four cabriole legs headed by espangolettes, joined by a serpentine 'X'-shaped stretcher centered by a a flowering urn, one chute signed F. Linke, the reverse of the masks variously incised 'FL / 2617' and further stamped LINKE to the reverse of the female masks, the reverse of the lock-plate stamped CT. LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS
84 in. (213.5 cm.) high, 35 in. (89 cm.) wide, 35 in. (89 cm.) deep
Provenance
By repute, almost certainly Captain Joseph R. De Lamar, New York, circa 1904.
Sold American Art Association, New York, 20-22 November 1919, lot 422.
Mrs. Peter W. Rouss, sold American Art Association, Anderson Galleries Inc., New York, 22-24 October 1936, lot 296.
Private Collection, Mexico.
Literature
C. Payne, François Linke, 1855-1946 - The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003.
Exhibited
By repute, The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis World's Fair, 1904.
| Artist: | François Linke (1855 - 1946) |
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
| Medium: | Kingwood, Mahogany, Gold, Wood |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
| Artist: | François Linke (1855 - 1946) |
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
| Medium: | Kingwood, Mahogany, Gold, Wood |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
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