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ANTIQUE #SA1184716

Antique French François Linke Rosewood Vitrine

£11,000    $14,995    €12,669
Francois Linke Index 38
 
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
 
Linke was born in Pankraz in Bohemia and was celebrated by the French as one of the greatest ébénistes of meubles de style at the turn of the century. He began his apprenticeship with a Bohemian master at the age of thirteen. Four years later, he toured Austria, settling and working in Vienna f...
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1900
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