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Very Interesting Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine Pedestal
Located in New York, NY
A very interesting late 19th century gilt bronze mounted transitional style vitrine pedestal
The square rouge marble top above a frieze, a single central door opens to a red velve...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A palatial and superb early 20th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XVI style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke
François Linke
The arched top with scrolled corners and centered by a laurel wreath and crossed acanthus branches, above a central large door at top by a lyre on drapery-covered plinth, flanked by scrolling acanthus, with a smaller door to each side hung with floral swags and with central oval plate, the divides cast with a slender flower-filled vase, the interior with adjustable shelves and drawers to the bottom, on shaped foliate-cast plinth and acanthus-capped tapering feet.
Inscribed F. Linke to the top right bronze mount and stamped “C LINKE” on the back of the locks.
Linke was born in Pankraz in Bohemia and was celebrated by the French as one of the greatest ébénistes of meubles de style at the turn of the century. He began his apprenticeship with a Bohemian master at the age of thirteen. Four years later, he toured Austria, settling and working in Vienna for two years. Linke arrived in Paris in 1875, and by 1881 he had established his own small workshop at 170 rue du Faubourg St. Antoine. Taking 18th century styles as his starting point and adapting earlier styles to contemporary taste, Linke produced fine quality furniture, steadily expanding his business during the next 20 years. He firmly established his reputation after receiving a gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900 for his extraordinary Grand Bureau. He continued to use international fairs as a means of exploring new markets, exhibiting at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, the Liege in Belgium and the 1908 Franco-British exhibition in London. Linke’s highly original designs sprang from the Régence and Rococo styles but were imbued with something quite new – Rococo curves were laden with gilt-bronze sculptural mounts in the tradition of A.-C. Boulle (1642-1732) or Charles Cressent (1685-1758). Stylistically, the new designs still adhered to the Rococo; the novelty, however, was Linke’s fusion of the Rococo with the liveliness and the fluidity of the ‘art nouveau’. The Revue called Linke’s creations entierement nouveau, and continued to say that ‘Linke’s stand...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted mahogany vitrine
By François Linke
A shaped marble top above a single central glazed door opening to a shelv...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Wonderful 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by Joseph Zwiener
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted vitrine by Joseph Zwiener.
Joseph Zwiener
The serpentine-shaped brèche d’ alep marble top above a single centered glass door, flanked to each side by a conforming panel, the mirrored interior fitted with three adjustable glass shelves, the canted angles set with pierced foliate-cast clasps, above a bombé shaped apron, on cabriole legs with scrolled-acanthus sabots.
The quality of the cabinetry and solid wood frame, along with the quality and design of the mounts, is characteristic of Zwiener’s oeuvre. Similar flower-filled cornucopia chutes can be found on other Zwiener models.
Born in Herdon, Germany, in 1849, Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener followed the tradition of some of the best ébnistes of the nineteenth century. He moved to Paris establishing a workshop at 12, rue de la Roquette, between 1880 and 1895. He produced a wide array of the very finest furniture, modelling in his own interpretations of the eighteenth century Louis XV Rococo style, veneered with the highest and finest quality marquetry and ‘Vernis Martin’ panels. Exhibiting at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1889, Zwiener was awarded a gold medal for what the jury reported as ‘dè ses dèbuts à une Exposition Universelle, [il] s’est mi au premier rang par la richesse, la hardinesse, et le fini de ses meubles incrustés de bronze et fort habilment marquetés.’
Zwiener was closely associated with François Linke, and the two houses produced work which, at first glance, is remarkably similar and with occasionally identical mounts. The similarities are made more likely by the fact that the brilliant sculptor, Léon Messagé, worked initially for Zwiener and subsequently, upon Zwiener’s departure for Berlin to work on furniture commissioned by Freidrich Wilhelm II , he was employed in the workshop of François Linke. It appears that Zwiener, unlike Linke, did not sign all his work, although some stamped pieces with his name and/or his “Z” initial are documented. There is some uncertainty between the recorded stamp E. Zwiener and the work of a Julius Zwiener...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fantastic Quality Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic quality late 19th century finely casted gilt bronze mounted Louis XVI style vitrine
Surmounted by a pink breccia marble top above a gilt bronze motif depicting a pair ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Wonderful 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine Table by Joseph Zwiener
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful late 19th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XV style Vitrine table by Joseph Zwiener
Joseph Zwiener
The oval shaped table with a beveled glass top encircled by a bronze frieze, above four side glass panels, the canted angles set with pierced foliate-cast clasps, standing on cabriole legs tapering to scrolled sabots.
Born in Herdon, Germany, in 1849, Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener followed the tradition of some of the best ébnistes of the nineteenth century. He moved to Paris establishing a workshop at 12, rue de la Roquette, between 1880 and 1895. He produced a wide array of the very finest furniture, modeling in his own interpretations of the eighteenth century Louis XV Rococo style, veneered with the highest and finest quality marquetry and ‘Vernis Martin’ panels. Exhibiting at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1889, Zwiener was awarded a gold medal for what the jury reported as ‘dè ses dèbuts à une Exposition Universelle, [il] s’est mi au premier rang par la richesse, la hardinesse, et le fini de ses meubles incrustés de bronze et fort habilment marquetés.’
Zwiener was closely associated with François Linke, and the two houses produced work which, at first glance, is remarkably similar and with occasionally identical mounts. The similarities are made more likely by the fact that the brilliant sculptor, Léon Messagé, worked initially for Zwiener and subsequently, upon Zwiener’s departure for Berlin to work on furniture commissioned by Freidrich Wilhelm II , he was employed in the workshop of François Linke. It appears that Zwiener, unlike Linke, did not sign all his work, although some stamped pieces with his name and/or his “Z” initial are documented. There is some uncertainty between the recorded stamp E. Zwiener and the work of a Julius Zwiener...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Great Quality Gilt Bronze-Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A great quality late 19th century Louis xvi style gilt bronze-mounted vitrine.
By François Linke.
The rectangular paneled top with three-quarter gallery, above a conforming ent...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Exceptional Quality Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional quality late 19th century gilt bronze mounted Louis XVI Style Vitrine.
The marble top above ormolu frieze and s...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Vitrine Table by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A lovely early 20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted parquetry vitrine table by François Linke
François Linke
The oval shaped table with a beveled glass top encircled...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Gueridon
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vernis Martin Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic quality late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted Vernis Martin vitrine cabinet
By François Linke
A pierced bronze gallery above a bronze mount of a fem...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Fantastic Vitrine by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in New York, NY
A Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Vitrine
By Paul Sormani
Bronze gallery above a centred glass door, flanked by glass panels, four bronze mounted tapering leg...
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Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Excellent Quality Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Wedgwood Mounted Vitrine
Located in New York, NY
An Excellent Quality Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style gilt bronze and Wedgwood mounted parquetry vitrine
The breakfront marble top above a scr...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Great Quality Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A great quality late 19th century louis xv style gilt bronze mounted kingwood vitrine.
By François Linke - Varient of Index Number 38 and 1122.
Surmounted by a Brèche d'Alep ma...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Vitrine by Victor Raulin
By Victor Raulin
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted vitrine
by Victor Raulin.
Bronze gallery above a centered glass door, flanked by glass panels.
Raulin exhibited and r...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Interesting Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Lacquer Vitrine Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
An interesting late 19th century transitional style gilt bronze and lacquer vitrine cabinet.
The large gilt bronze and all glass single door vitrine above a fine two door lacquere...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Fantastic Pair of Late 19th Century Vitrines by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic pair of late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted demilune vitrine.
By Paul Sormani.
Each with balustrade galleries and raised on spiral decorated legs ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted parquetry vitrine
by François Linke.
Index number 458.
The fleur de pêcher marble-top above a scrolling acanthus and ...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Interesting 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Wedgwood Mounted Parquetry Vitrine
Located in New York, NY
An interesting late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze and wedgwood Mounted parquetry vitrine
The breakfront marble top above a scrolled fr...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Vitrine Cabinet by Henri Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in New York, NY
A fine late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted double vitrine cabinet
By Henri Picard
The vitrine fitted with a nice inset marble top, the upper cabinet with a long single drawer and bronze women busts on the corners. The bottom part with ram heads and centered with cornucopia and a lions mask.
Stamped HPR, for Henri Picard, on the back of some bronzes.
The important fondeur and doreur Henri Picard worked in Paris from 1831-1884, most notably for the Emperor Napoléon III. He was based in Paris at 6, rue Jarente from 1831 to 1839, before moving to 10, rue de la Perle...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
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Bronze
Fine Quality Late 19th Century Vernis Martin Vitrine
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted two-door Vernis Martin Vitrine
Surmounted by a marble top above a frieze with scrolling foliage, above two glas...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine By Victor Raulin
By Victor Raulin
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Vitrine
By Victor Raulin
A center glass door with three shelves, quartered veneer bottom and sides.
Stamped Rauli...
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Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
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