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Majestic chest of drawers designed by Francois Linke & Leon Massagé, Paris
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Majestic chest of drawers designed by Francois Linke & Leon Massagé, Paris
Royal chest of drawers based on a design by Francois Linke.
Rich gilded bronze applications in three-dimensional decorations and figures.
Material: oak, rosewood, kingwood, bronze and Verde Tinos marble (Greece)
Decorated with multiple wood carvings and detailed applications of golden bronzes. With an oval medallion in the center depicting in relief a mythological scene with the lovers - Venus (love and beauty) and Mars (Ares). The composition is wrapped in bronze curtains supported by two cupids, which gives the chest of drawers elasticity.
Context: The chest of drawers was made for the Linke stand at the World's Fair in Paris. And with a similar creation they won first prize in the furniture competition: the “Grand Bureau”.
François Linke was born in Bohemia in 1855 and founded a factory in Faubourg de St. Antoine in Paris in 1881. had reached a great productive period after the World Exhibition in Paris.
Curiosities: F. Linke's medallions were generally sculpted by Leon Messáge (1842-1901).
- Dimensions:Height: 57.09 in (145 cm)Width: 69.3 in (176 cm)Depth: 27.56 in (70 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:20th Century
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Berlin, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2528335588502
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