françois linke A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted satiné three piece bedroom suite Paris, variante of index number 1447, circa 1900-1910

comprising a bed and two bedside cabinets surmounted by fleur de pêcher marble tops, one with a frieze drawer and a cupboard door faceted with faux drawers, the other with one frieze drawer, the bed signed F. LINKE PARIS to the right hand side of the footboard.

Payne, C., François Linke 1855-1946 The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Antique Collector's Club Ltd., Woodbridge, 2003, p. 445, pl. 526 which shows the present design in a Linke watercolor.

Overall in excellent condition. Mounts with original gilding which has been cleaned. Minor nicks and scratches throughout consistent with age and use on both bed and cabinets. Minor chips to marble table tops especially around the edges.
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A similar bed is shown in a photograph of the bedroom of Arabella Huntington's fifth avenue townhouse in New York (C.Payne, François Linke, p.231, pl. 249).