François Linke French, 1855-1946 A gilt bronze-mounted kingwood and satiné cube parquetry table à thé Paris, early 19th century, index number 610

fitted with a removable glass serving tray with handles

Christopher Payne, François Linke 1855-1946 The Belle Époque of French Furniture, Antique Collector’s Club Ltd., Woodbridge, 2003, p. 143

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 throughout also consistent with age and atmospheric conditions through the years. The gilt bronze will need to be cleaned.
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Listed as‘Table à thé Louis XV" the present table is the model without strecher of the one exhibited at the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle and priced at 1,850 French francs in the price list of circa 1900, rising to 12,000 francs for the revision in December 1926.

Linke made fifteen very different styles of the ubiquitous table à thé, one of the most endearing and practical of his oeuvre both for the early 1900’s and for modern living. 

Footnote courtesy of Christopher Payne