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Rare Louis XV Style Giltwood Fauteuil by François Linke
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A Rare Louis XV Style Giltwood Fauteuil By François Linke, Paris.
The scroll and channelled frame beautifully carved with rocaille shells and trailing flowers. Reupholstered in acanthus pattern raised velvet.
Stamped above the back leg 'LINKE'
France, Circa 1900.
It is rare to find giltwood furniture by François Linke, especially signed pieces. The model of fauteuil à la reine, index number 1360, was made circa 1909 for the London businessman Elias Meyer for his drawing room at 16 Grosvenor Square, London. A salon suite of fauteuils and a canapé are visible in a series of period photographs reproduced in Christopher Payne, François Linke, (1855 - 1946), The Belle Époque of French Furniture, 2003, pl. 253; 259; 260 (pps. 243-245).
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.
- Creator:François Linke (Cabinetmaker)
- Dimensions:Height: 42.52 in (108 cm)Width: 29.14 in (74 cm)Depth: 22.05 in (56 cm)
- Style:Louis XV (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1900
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Brighton, GB
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