François Linke 1855 - 1946 A gilt-bronze mounted kingwood and fleur de pêcher marble guéridon Paris, early 20th century, index number 146

one chute has been removed to reveal the mark FL from the bronze master model

Christopher Payne, François Linke, 1855-1946 - The Belle Époque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 57, pl. 47 for the illustration of the present model.  

Overall in good condition and presentation with the usual minor hairline scratches and minute nicks to veneers and carcass consistent with age and use. Tarnishing to gilt-bronze in places also consistent with age and atmospheric conditions through the years. Visible oxidation to bronze mount s shaped stretchers. Light scratches to marble top consistent with placing objects.
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Linke title: Guéridon Louis XV, violette bronzes ciselés dorés

As Christopher Payne states, the pencil entries in Linke's third Daybook for this popular table are complex and difficult to decipher. The first example with three legs appears to have been made by Saverte on December 9, 1889. Three cabinetmakers' dockets handwritten by Eprinsperger (sp?) show that he made two with four legs in September 1892 in 175 hours but a three-legged model in November in 274 hours.  The model continued to be available in the 1920s and 1930s in at least nine different versions, with marble or marquetry tops, three or four legs.

Compare Sotheby's New York, A Private Collection Volume 1, October 26, 2006, lot 69 which sold for $ 22,500.