Tim Saltwell Antiques has dated this French Rosewood Vitrine Cabinet to the 1900s.
A fine quality gilt bronze mounted rosewood vitrine by Francois Linke. The original ‘Breche violet’ marble top above a frieze decorated with floral swags and ‘putti at play’, a single bevelled glazed door to the front enclosing an adjustable glass shelved interior with mirror back, and glazed sides. The canted corners dressed with interlaced acanthus drops. The base supported by turned spiral fluted tapering legs ending in acanthus sabots. The carcass of oak construction. Fine original gilding, key and condition throughout. Mounts incised ‘FL’ . Clement Linke Lock.
Height 60 1/4” (153cm)
Width 26 1/2” (67.3cm)
Depth 14 3/4” (37.5cm)
French
Circa 1900
Please email or phone for any further details regarding delivery/postage quotes.
He began his apprenticeship with a Bohemian master at the age of thirteen. Four years later, he toured Austria, settling and working in Vienna for two years. Linke arrived in Paris in 1875, and by 1881 he had established his own small workshop at 170 rue du Faubourg St. Antoine. Taking 18th century styles as his starting point and adapting earlier styles to contemporary taste, Linke produced fine quality furniture, steadily expanding his business during the next 20 years. He firmly established his reputation after receiving a gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900 for his extraordinary Grand Bureau. Today, as in the past, Linke is best known for the exceptionally high quality of his work, as well as his individualism and inventiveness. All of his work has the finest, most lavish mounts.The technical brilliance of his work and the artistic change that it represented has never been repeated.
Tim Saltwell Antiques has dated this French Rosewood Vitrine Cabinet to the 1900s.
Specialists in 19th century english & continental furniture
You can view the stock and full dealer information on the Tim Saltwell Antiques Profile Page
Tim Saltwell Antiques is a registered member of LAPADA CINOA
Antique French François Linke Rosewood Vitrine
