THE CARCASS BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, INDEX NUMBER 131, THE MOUNTS DESIGNED BY LÉON MESSAGÉ, PARIS, CIRCA 1900, THE MALACHITE 20TH CENTURY

Linke produced a number of these charming display tables in 75 cm. and 100 cm. widths, the first of which was produced in the early 1890s and the final example for the English retailer of Maple in 1919. (C. Payne, European Furniture of the 19th Century, Woodbridge, 2013, p. 247). Another example of this form with original kingwood veneers was sold at Christie's, New York, 9 June 2014, lot 89 ($30,000).