ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS LINKE, PARIS, CIRCA 1885

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND SATINE COMMODE
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS LINKE, PARIS, CIRCA 1885
Of bombé form, the molded serpentine brèche Medicis marble top above two drawers mounted with an acanthus and rocaille-cast encadrement and handles and with putti supporting a tight-rope-walking monkey, the sides similarly mounted with music-making putti, the angles headed by espagnolette busts, on cabriole legs tapering to scrolled sabots, the lockplate stamped MON THEAU THIEFFINES SUCCR SERRURIER PARIS
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 62 in. (157.5 cm.) wide; 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) deep

来源

A Private Collection: Volume II, Sotheby's, New York, 19 April 2007, lot 32.

出版

C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 201, pl. 217.

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Presumably manufactured by Linke for Maison Krieger, it is interesting to note that no glass cliché exists in the Linke Archive for this Cressent-inspired commode. However, a photographic record of the present lot, illustrated here, survives in the Archive and was likely acquired from Krieger once Linke had established a comprehensive record of clichés. Linke's early relationship with established Parisian cabinet-makers is well-documented in Christopher Payne's reference on the ébéniste, which cites Krieger and Jansen among Linke's first clients during the early 1880s (C. Payne, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 37). Further supporting the attribution is the existence of nearly identical commodes supplied by Krieger, an example of which is illustrated in P. Kjellberg Le meuble Français et Europeén du moyen âge à nos jours, Paris, 1991, p. 490.