IN THE MANNER OF ADAM WEISWEILER, BY FRANCOIS LINKE, PARIS, MODEL NUMBER 860, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

细节

A fine Louis XVI style ormolu, amaranth and jasperware porcelain gueridon
In the manner of Adam Weisweiler, By Francois Linke, Paris, Model number 860, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
The circular bevelled glass top protecting a blue jasperware plaque depicting Bacchus with female attendants, within a beaded, stiff-leaf and ribbon-bound reeded border, above four basket-bearing caryatid supports with spreading frond and oak-leaf-cast stems, joined by an 'X'-shaped loop stretcher, on tapering frond-cast feet, the inner rim of the top border signed F. Linke
29 5/8 in. (75.3 cm.) high; 19 3/8 in. (49.2 cm.) diameter

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品专文

François Linke (d. 1946) was one of the most celebrated ébénistes of his time. Born in Pankraz, Bohemia, Linke moved to Paris in 1875 and six years later established independent ateliers at 170, rue de Faubourg St. Antoine. As was the practice among his contemporaries and noteworthy predecessors, such as Alfred Beurdeley and Henry Dasson, Linke initially produced furniture derived from styles popular during the 18th century ancien régime. By 1900, his worldwide reputation as an individualistic master of high quality furniture was already established. However, with a huge display, placing his extravagant pieces in room settings and winning the Medaille d'Or for his Grand Bureau, Linke's participation in 1900 prompted critics, such as Charles Dambreuse, to comment: "L'Exposition de la maison Linke est le gros événement de l'histoire du meuble d'art en l'an de grâce 1900" (see C. Dambreuse, L'Art Industriel à l'Exposition de Meuble de Style - M. F. Linke, in Revue Artistique & Industrielle, Paris, July-August, 1900). Linke's international acclaim following the 1900 exhibition afforded him a high degree of financial stability, not only allowing him to establish a large showroom on the fashionable place Vendôme, but also to pursue new and further distant markets by exhibiting at other international shows. These included the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, where he was again awarded a gold medal, Liège in 1905 and the Franco-British exhibition in London in 1908.

Examples of this model guéridon can be seen in contemporary photographs of Linke's stands at the 1902 Salon des Industries du Mobilier (rear left-hand corner) and at the 1905 Liège exhibition (front left-hand corner; see C. Payne, François Linke 1855-1946, The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, pp. 170-1 and 182-3).