BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 545, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY COMMODE
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 545, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of bombé form, the brèche du Benou verte marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid sans traverse with scrolling foliage, exotic birds and monkeys, the sides similarly decorated with climbing squirrels, the angles headed with trailing foliage, on splayed legs with scrolled sabots, signed Linke, the lock plate stamped 'CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS 545', the original key stamped '545'
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 41½ in. (105 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep

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In 1938 Linke furnished four commodes of this model, titled 'commode singe et écureuil' in the régistre. The whimsical marquetry design, shown here, executed with a myriad of exotic wood veneers, was faithfully reproduced in each instance by the marqueteur Imauville, at a cost of 2,000 francs (C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003 p. 382). Another example of this model sold Christie's, New York, 14-15 April 2011, lot 88 ($30,000).