Palatial Late 18th Century Louis XVI Hand Carved Walnut and Mahogany Armoire

A fine late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted transitional style tall cabinet. The marble-top above two long doors, the front and sides quarter veneered. The top centered with a gi...

Late 19th century gilt bronze mounted Louis XVI style chinoiserie cabinet Marble top above a floral bronze mounted drawer, a single door with a coramandel landscape scene of peopl...

Late 19th century Louis XVI style carved wood fireplace surround The large and hand-carved frieze centered with a plaque depicting...

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 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...

A very fine late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze, Wedgwood and Sèvres mounted commode a vantaux. By J. Rablant. A white marble top above a frieze applied with scrolli...

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...

A late 18th century German neoclassicism Louis XVI armoire or cabinet. Two-door dismountable oak corpus with corner slopes standing on 5 ball feet. Subdivided by 3 pilasters with...

Large late 18th-century Louis XVI style armoire or cabinet from France. Made of solid oak and waxed. Circa from the end of the 18th century. Body, with rounded corners, partially car...

Beautifully carved walnut armoire from the Normandy region of France.

Original 18th century French solid walnut two-door armoire. This traditional French armoire has wonderful proportions. It is an armoire from the region of Dole (Jura) late 17th / ear...

Early 18th century Period Regence French Finely Carved Walnut Oversized Armoire with Bun Feet. Original Key is included.

This large, elegant antique "bonnetiere" (one-door armoire) would make a beautiful addition to any living room or bedroom! Crafted in the Perigord region of France circa 1750, the si...