STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
A FRENCH GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND VERNIS MARTIN COMMODE BY FRANCOIS LINKE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 25, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A FRENCH GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND VERNIS MARTIN COMMODE BY FRANCOIS LINKE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with a Brèche Violette marble top; the lockplate engraved F. LINKE / 170 / F G S T ANTOINE / PARIS
height 39 in.; width 44 ¼in.; depth 19 in.
99.1 cm; 112.4 cm; 48.3 cm
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Christopher Payne, François Linke, 1855-1946, The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2003.
Adorned with panels decorated with vernis scenes in the manner of Boucher, with the central panel likely depicting a mythological scene of Mars and Venus. A similar commode also by Francois Linke with the same signature on the lockplate was sold by Delon-Hoebanx, Drouot Paris, 7 June 2016, lot 229.