François Linke Furniture

Exceptional Louis XVI Style Linke parlour cabinet with impeccable parquetry. The piece is adorned with quality bronze ormolu mounts all around. The colours on the installed breche ma...

A Wonderful Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Guéridon By François Linke François Linke – Variant to Index no. 146 The beautiful alabaster fiorito top above the ...

A Rare Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Inlaid Grand Buffet, By François Linke, The Mounts Designed by Léon Messagé. Signed to the right corner clasp ‘Linke’ The enamel...

A Very Rare Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Desk/Cabinet By François Linke François Linke The cartonnier top surmounted by a pierced guilloche acanthus galler...

One of only three of its kind, this commode was crafted by the famed and highly celebrated ébéniste François Linke. Blending the stunning marquetry of the Louis XV and XVI styles wit...

A fine and rare pair of late 19th century French mahogany and gilt bronze mounted mounted by F. Linke. The locks signed . Original Breche D' Alep marble tops. ( Pictured in the 19th ...

A Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV style Mahogany, Satinwood and Gilt-Bronze (Ormolu) Mounted Side Table by François Linke (1855-1946). The square shaped table fitted with a B...

A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood and Satinwood Parquetry Vernis Martin Decorated Meuble D'Appui Side-Cabinet by François Linke (1855-1946) - Ind...

A Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Tulipwood and Gilt-Bronze (Ormolu) Mounted Belle Époque Guéridon Circular Side-Table with a Parquetry Top, by François Linke...

A Fine Louis XVI Style Centre Table By François Linke, Index no. 118 Constructed from mahogany and dressed with finely cast, hand-chased and gilded bronze mounts; supported on taper...

"MESAGE" model tea table by François Linke (1855-1946). The upper tier is oval with handles and a removable glass tray supported by four cherubic triton...

A Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Transitional Style Tall Cabinet By François Linke François Linke The marble top above two long doors, the front and sides quarter veneered. The top centred with a gilt bronze mask of Bacchus, the legs mounted with faces of a bearded man with head wear. The doors opening to shelves. Signed F. Linke to the top right clasp, stamped FL to the underside of some of the bronze mounts, the lock stamped CT LINKE / SERRURERIE. 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...

A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bois Satiné and Kingwood Side Table, Circa 1900 with a brilliantly detailed veneer, showcasing three shades of wood in contrasting browns, cratin...

A wonderful quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style marble top bombe shaped commode, having scrolling foliate gilded ormolu mounts, fine marquetry inlaid panels with flowers...

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CORSITE NAPOLÉONITE CENTREPIECE BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY The dual-handled ovoid basin raised on a rectangular foot with a laurel...

A very fine early 20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted three-leg Grand Erard piano. By François Linke. Beautiful quarter veneered case inlaid with cartouche panels s...

Mahogany Gueridon with a European marble top and gilt bronze inlays on a lozenge parquet frieze centred by a flanked gilt bronze mask and flowers emitting a cornucopia. The table is ...

An Important and Rare Gilt-Bronze, Mahogany and Bois Satiné Centre Table, with Campan Rubané marble top. By François Linke. Linke Index Number 1103. The gilt bronze on the stretche...

Gueridon in marquetry with ormolu bronze ,marble top. this gueridon with a central motif in the centre that connect the four feet of rare elegance .this gueridon can be used both as ...

An important Louis XVI style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Regulateur, After The Model by Balthazar Lieutand and Philippe Caffiéri, By François Linke. The dial signed ''F. LINKE / A PARIS'', the door signed ''Linke'' Linke Index Number ''768''. Surmounted by Apollo''s horse-driven chariot amidst swirling clouds, above a square clock case centred by a circular dial within a bezel cast with Zodiac symbols, the dial signed ''F. LINKE / A PARIS'', with twin-barrel movement, deadbeat escapement and quarter striking to two bells, with nine bar gridiron pendulum, the movement stamped ''ETIENNE MAXANT / BREVETE PARIS...

A rare and fantastic quality late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted inlaid marquetry and parquetry centre table By François Linke. François Linke. The crossbanded oval top with central parquetry panel surrounded by floral and ribbon tie marquetry, above frieze with four drawers, bronze mounted tapering legs joined by a bronze mounted stretcher. Signed F. Linke to the top corner of one leg Back of lock stamped Ct. Linke and the number 402. 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...

Dimensions- H: 84 1/4in W: 58 3/4in D: 18 1/4in This 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Cabinet Signed Linke With Ormolu Mounts is made of the finest quality and is without a doubt exceptional! This piece gives off a tremendous amount of luxury and sophistication and will have your guests mesmerised by its pure beauty and detail! This cabinet is equipped with white marble inserts as well as bronze ormolu mounts! The cabinet is also equipped with little buttons that make some of the compartments open up by themselves! The Lock is signed CT...

Large Louis XVI style secretaire in mahogany marquetry in frames of light wood and ebony fillets, rich ornamentation of very finely chiselle...

Ormolu, kingwood, bois satine and parquetry side table by Linke France, Late 19th/Early 20th century Dimensions: Height 86cm, width 81cm, depth 50cm Designed in the Louis XV style,...

A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by François Linke. The rectangular top inset with a green leather writing surface with gilt-tooled border, within a gilt-bronze surr...

A Rare Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Vitrine Pedestal By François Linke, Paris. Signed 'F. Linke / Paris'. Reverse of the bronze mounts stamped 'F...

Oval French side table, Louis XVI style, made of mahogany wood and gilt bronze (Ormolu), mounted on guéridon and marble top. In its design, we can distinguish that it has bronze garl...

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 centred by a...

Pair of singed Linke bronze mounted and parquetry commodes in the Louis XV style. Parisian made cabinets are signed "F. Linke" on the bronze mounts. S...

A wonderful early 20th century gilt bronze mounted king size mahogany bed By François Linke With cartouche-shaped headboard, footboard an...

An important gilt-bronze mounted parquetry inlaid piano a queue, by François Linke, the Movement by Erard.  Signed ''F.Linke'' on the keyboard cover ...

A rare gilt-bronze mounted mahogany Folio document cabinet by François Linke, with a unique locking system by Clément Linke. French, circa 1900. ...

An Empire style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry buffet cabinet, by François Linke, Paris. This handsome buffet or side cabinet has its original Swedish green marble top. The veneers are of the finest figured acajou flammé. The frieze is fitted with a long drawer with citronnier and ebonised marquetry panel depicting a Etruscan chariot...

A fine quality and rare pair of late 19th century French Louis XVI style pedestals by Francoise Linke. Each having their original marble tops, wonderful gilded ormolu mounts depicting ribbons, swags, Lion masks and rococo mouldings...

A Rare Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Inlaid Centre Table, By François Linke. The Mounts Designed by Léon Messagé. Signed ''F. Linke''. This opulent centre table has a...

A very special and Palatial early 20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted Mahogany and Bois Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre by François Lin...

An Exceptionally Rare and Important Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Inlaid Centre Table by François Linke, the Mounts Designed by Léon Messagé. Linke Index No. 930. ...

A Marquetry-Inlaid Pedestal in the Louis XV Style Index no. 184 Of elegant bombé form with bookmatched kingwood crossbanding and floral marquetry to all sides on a bois satiné gr...

A large Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry table vitrine by Linke French, Late 19th Century Height 76cm, width 108cm, depth 67cm In the Louis X...

Extremely high end louis XV style chest of drawers in marquetry ,marble top, ormolu bronze falls on the sides , finished with clogs on the front and back of the feet ,bear the mark ...

19th Century. French. Bronze-mounted. Signed Linke. Original marble top.

A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted Kingwood veneered writing table with original inset green leather top. Signed F.Linke to front gilt bronze panelled drawer. Excellent original c...

A Rare Louis XV Style Giltwood Fauteuil By François Linke, Paris. The scroll and channelled frame beautifully carved with rocaille...

An impressive pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany display cabinets by François Linke. French, circa 1890. Signed to the reverse of the bronze mounts ‘LINKE’. ...

Louis XV style vitrine by François Linke (1855 - 1946) Made of gilt bronze mounted wood, with a violet breccia marble top, front and bevelled glass pane...

An Important 19th Century French Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany, Tulipwood and Amboyna Commode by François Linke The villefranche de conflet marble top above a frieze set with three drawer...

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A gilt-bronze and mahogany bois satine vitrine table by Francois Linke French, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Height 76cm, width, 70.5cm, depth 52cm This excellent piece was made ...

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Very beautiful console in mohagany and ormolu bronze by F.Linke The quality and the details are of execptional work. This piece of furniture can go with all decoration thanks to it...

A very rare and important exhibition encrier by François Linke and Léon Messagé. French, circa 1900. Index number 709. Signed to the edge ''F. Linke''. This exceptional and ambitious encrier is modelled as two putti, each holding a standard and sitting on the water''s edge, the two inkwells with hinged spirally-fluted covers with glass liners. This important inkwell is based on Léon Messagé''s celebrated sculptural group ''La Source'' and was originally intended by Linke to form part of his spectacular Stand at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Like seven or eight other pieces originally intended for inclusion on the Stand, it would seem the encrier was a casualty of both Linke''s over-ambitious production schedule and the financial burden that the manufacture of such ornate and high quality work imposed. It was eventually shown on the Stand in September after the gilding was finished by Picard at a cost of 90 French francs. The costs of the model were very high: some 2024 francs (of which Message''s combined fee was 1158 francs 40 centimes), underlining the originality and complexity. The 1900 Exposition example was sold, along with three important pieces of furniture from the Stand (the Grand bureau and associated armchair, and the Bahut Louis XV Mars et Vénus), to the South African banker and diamond merchant Solomon Joel. A further six encriers were produced up until 1925. Object Literature: Payne, Christopher. François Linke, 1855-1946, The Belle Époque of French Furniture, p. 90, pl. 97; p. 149, pl. 157; p. 150; pp. 182-183, pls 197 & 198 as exhibited at the Liege exhibition in 1905 & p. 480 for the original notes in Linke''s Blue daybook of the late 1890s. François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet maker of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and possibly the most sought after cabinet maker of his period. He was born in 1855 in the small village of Pankraz, in what is now the Czech Republic. Records show that Linke served an apprenticeship with the master cabinetmaker Neumann, then in 1875 at the age of 20 he arrived in Paris where he lived until he died in 1946. It is known that the fledgling Linke workshops were active in Paris in the Faubourg St. Antoine as early as 1881, and during this time he supplied furniture for other more established makers such as Jansen and Krieger. The quality of Linke''s craftsmanship was unsurpassed by any of his contemporaries and reached its peak with his spectacular Stand at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, where his Grand Bureau took the Gold Medal. He gambled his fortune and reputation on this Stand, exhibiting several breathtaking items of furniture with sculptural mounts of the most exceptional quality and proportion. His gamble worked and his reputation was established to such an extent that Linke continued to be the pre-eminent furniture house in Paris until the Second World War. As the Art Journal reported in 1900 on Linke''s Stand: ''The work of M. Linke ... was an example of what can be done by seeking inspiration amongst the Classic examples of Louis XV and XVI without in any great sense copying these great works. M. Linke''s work was original in the true sense of the word, and as such commended itself to the intelligent seeker after the really artistic things of the Exhibition. Wonderful talent was employed in producing the magnificent pieces of furniture displayed....'' The formation of Linke''s distinctive style was made possible by his collaboration with the sculptor Léon Messagé. Together Linke and Messagé designed furniture for Linke''s 1900 exhibition Stand, with exuberant allegorical figures cast in high relief, that exemplified Linke''s ability to seamlessly merge the different mediums of wood carving, bronze and marquetry into a dynamic unified whole. Today Linke is best known for the exceptionally high quality of his work, as well as his individualism and inventiveness. All of his work has the finest, most lavish mounts, very often applied to comparatively simple carcasses. The technical brilliance of his work and the artistic change that it represented were never to be repeated. Bibliography: Payne, Christopher. François Linke, (1855 - 1946), The Belle Époque of French Furniture, Antique Collectors'' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2003. Meyer, Jonathan. Great Exhibitions - London, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, 1851-1900, Antique Collectors'' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2006; pp. 298 - 300. LeDoux - Lebard, Denise. Les Ébénistes du XIXe siècle, Les Editions de l''Amateur, (Paris), 1984; pp. 439-43. Revue Artistique & Industrielle, (Paris), July-August 1900. Coral Thomsen, D. (ed), The Paris Exhibition 1900, The Art Journal, 1901; p.341. Léon Messagé (1842-1901) had a brilliant, but short lived career. He is best known for his incredible sculptural collaboration with François Linke for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. A gifted sculptor, Messagé was also responsible for much of the design and creative work for Roux et Brunet...

Francois Linke (1855-1946) A very fine Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted kingwood piano,late 19th century , signed Francois Linke, stamped Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, movement by E...

A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Transitional st. two door mahogany and ormolu armoire signed F. Linke. The armoire is raised on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots, chutes and top ormolu mounts. The panelled sides and doors have ormolu borders, accented by ormolu rosettes, and exquisite richly chased ormolu laurel wreaths tied by bows at the bottom. The very impressive top frieze has finely chased ormolu mounts with scrolled foliage designs, and a central bow, arrows and flame of prosperity, flanked at each side with exceptional ormolu ram...

A unique monumental Louis XVI Style giltwood centre table with a Brèche Violette marble top by François Linke. French, circa 1914. Giltwood ...

Palatial French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Inlaid Bureau-Plat Cartonnier with signed clock by Le Roy Paris (19th Century) Dimensions: 53 ½" x 62"W x 35...

A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany bombé vitrine by François Linke. Signed to the corner clasp ''F. Linke''. This elegant bombé shaped vitrine has a shaped brèc...

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...

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