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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).
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