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Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau de Dame, by François Linke
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A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau de Dame, by François Linke.
Signed to the bronze mount ‘F.Linke’.
Linke Index Number 1650.
This very fine and unusual bureau de dame has a shaped top above a fall-front centred by a finally cast foliate escutchon, opening to a fitted interior with two small drawers and a tooled red leather writing surface. The bureau has a shaped apron enlivened with boxwood stringing and is raised on four slender cabriolet legs headed by unusual gilt-bronze acanthus clasps and terminating in scrolled sabots.
The bureau de dame (Linke index No.1650), embodies the hallmarks of Linke's oeuvre: the natural beauty of exotic woods alongside luxuriously chiselled gilt-bronze mounts. The smart design of this item possibly points to the assistance of the sculptor Léon Messagé who provided Linke with original sketches for furniture pieces and gilt-bronze mounts. Here, the disposition of the veneers creates interesting visual effects and the gilt-bronze mounts enjoy a dual function, both as a subtle framing tool and a key element within the overall design. The central rocaille mount on the fall-front door appears to have been used for other Linke furniture pieces, for example on the front of a commode index no. 620 (C. Payne, François Linke, 1855-1946 - The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 417).
French, circa 1900.
Literature:
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.
- Creator:François Linke (Cabinetmaker)
- Dimensions:Height: 36.23 in (92 cm)Width: 24.81 in (63 cm)Depth: 16.54 in (42 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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