François Linke 1855 - 1946 A gilt-bronze mounted satiné and fruitwood marquetry pedestal paris, early 20th century, index number 126

surmounted by a fleur de pêcher marble top, the right hand side chute as been removed to reveal the FL stamp from the bronze master model.

C. Payne, François Linke, p. 40. pl. 32 for another model of index number 126 with cube-parquetry veneers

Overall in good and fair condition; no damages; traces of age and use.
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Linke title: Gaine Louis XV galbée, marqueterie de couleur, 3 faces.

This model was manufactured from 1885 to 1913. It is a very early model in Linke's repertoire and is almost certainly one of the pedestals drawn in Linke's first Daybooks, but is too difficult to identify with certainty. A popular model, it continued to be made with three sides of marquetry until circa 1913. Several pairs with all four sides inlaid with foliage were made between 1924 and 1930, the last pair part of the extensive order for the King of Egypt.

Footnote courtesy of Christopher Payne