Francois Linke Giltwood Torchère

Francois Linke Bureau plat, circa 1900. Signed Linke on the right side of the gilt bronze chute. Amarante, quarter-veneer satine, loupe d'a...

Large and very fine Francois Linke roll top desk French late 19th-early 20th century Bureau a cylindre, index number 393. Paris. Acajou and satine cu...

François Linke, (1855-1946) Ecran de Foyer a Chassis Paris, early 20th century Carved giltwood and silk damask upholstery, with removable sliding screen...

Francois LINKE (1855-1946) Fine French Bureau Plat (Table A Ecrire, index Number 1660) Paris, February-May 1911 , acajou and loupe d'amboine, one friez...

Superb Francois linke ormolu-mounted kingwood console table, circa 1900. Signed Linke. The shaped brèche Violette marble top above the frieze centered by a scallop shell, flanked b...

François Linke (1855-1946) Table De Salon Paris, circa 1912-1927 , the top veneered with diamond shaped parquetry Measures: Height 31 in. (78.74 cm.), width 49 in. (124.46 cm.), depth 32 in. (81.28 cm.) Provenance: Jean Bieder, Francois Linke's foreman in the 1920's, who took over Linke's business in 1946 Literature: C. Payne, Francois Linke, p.253, pl 267, for an illustration of a variant of the present model. D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Francois du XIX Siecle, pp.435-444C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, pp. 39-40 The present lot has no corresponding cliche in the Linke Archive: however, there are two of similiar form, each with a marble top. Number 845 was made in 1927 for the King of Egypt. Another variation, number 2403, is one of the earliest examples of Linke making furniture in Renaissance revival manner, a 'grande table noyer sculpte' made for Antonio Devoto...

An unusual gilt-bronze and spiral moulded glass lantern, attributed to François Linke. This striking lantern has a scrolling acanthus cast crown above a central stem and a pierced frame and collar supporting a spirally fluted moulded glass baluster form shade and terminating in an acanthus cast finial. The interior fitted with two lights. French, Circa 1900. François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet...

Large neoclassical style giltwood torchère French, late 19th century Measures: Height 170cm, diameter 52cm This fine and large neoclassical styl...

Impressive Louis XVI style torchere bases with up lighters. Beautifully hand-carved and gilded by hand using traditional methods in an antique finish.

A fine and rare pair of English Regency period torchères, or stands (or candle stands) in the manner of Thomas Hope. Circa 1810. Both are raised on tapering simulated-bronze column supports with circular tops and fluted gilt collars, on concave-sided triform bases with winged-panther mask monopodia. The column bases issue from spreading, gilded, carved lotuses. These antique torcheres might also be referred to as columns, ornamental stands, candle sticks, or candelabra. In superb condition throughout. Literature: ‘Thomas Hope – Regency Designer’ ed. David Watkin & Philip Hewat-Jaboor, Yale University Press, New Haven and London (2008). The Aurora Room, Duchess Street, photo from V & A Museum, fig. 68-1, p. 378. The Royal Collection, HM Queen Elizabeth II, RCIN 588- 1-2, 45- 1-2, figs. 78-2, 78-3, p. 396. The Faringdon Collection, Buscot Park, Oxfordshire, illustr. 88, p. 414. The pair of stands we are offering here correspond closely to the pair in the Faringdon Collection (see above). Watkin and Hewat-Jaboor state; ‘’A ‘Roman’ stand of this precise design, perhaps an imaginative variation on one published by Visconti*, is illustrated in ‘Household Furniture’, plate L, number 2… Hope also owned several classical Roman candelabra...

This impressive pair of 19th century Italian torches are a sublime work of European Baroque art. Carved in golden wood, it gives us an exquisite decoration of angels among fruits and...

Pair of torchères in gilded and carved wood, dated from the middle of the 18th century in Portuguese, the base is a triangular shape that rests on three small feet. retains its orig...