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Material: Glass
Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Vitrine, Manner of François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Rosewood, Mahogany and Kingwood Single Door Vitrine, in manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The u...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$25,950 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish Late Empire Black-polished Birch Bookcase
Located in Kastrup, DK
Swedish late empire bookcase / display cabinet in black-polished birch.
In 2 parts, upper case having mullioned glass front with cathedral arch cornice.
Lower part with a pair of pa...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Art Deco display cabinet / showcase / bookcase in walnut, France, Circa 1920
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Cabinet / display case / show case / bookcase with glass door, in walnut.
In the style of the productions of Follot, Dufrène.
Art Deco.
France, Circa 1920.
Carved fruit baskets on...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut
$2,859 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Chrome Etagere
Located in Pomona, CA
Vintage Chrome etagere, each shelf has removable glass with brass finials.
Category
1970s American Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Art Deco Figured Walnut Drinks Cabinet, English, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this rather stylish 1930s Art Deco English drinks cabinet. Fabulous piece of furniture with not only kerb side appeal ...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Walnut
Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Vitrine, François Linke Attributed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Louis XV style ormolu and jasperware-mounted mahogany single door vitrine, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The two upper front corners surmounted with or...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$26,850 Sale Price
22% Off
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Cabinet Vitrine Signed François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Kingwood, Tulipwood, ormolu and Brèche Polychrome de St. Bernard marble cabinet vitrine si...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Rare Pair of 19th Century Marquetry Display Cabinets in the Louis XVI Style
By E. Kahn
Located in London, GB
A pair of Marquetry display cabinets
in the transitional manner
By Edmund Kahn of London & Paris
Constructed from kingwood, with tulipwood, bois satiné and harewood inlays; f...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Chinese Mahogany Display Case with Lower Blind Door Cabinet C1960
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Vintage Chinese Mahogany Display Case with Lower Blind Door Cabinet having Carved Symbol, C1960...
Category
Mid-20th Century Glass Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted tulipwood vitrine with marble top, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender single door cabinet fitted w...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$14,950 Sale Price
39% Off
Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Vitrine Frances, 1900
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Incredible Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty Vitrine
Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Wood, Glass
$60,000 / set
Sophisticated French Directoire Style 1930s era French Vitrine Marble Top
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous, simple and yet sophisticated French-made Louis XVI or Directoire style cabinet. It features clean lines, and a gorgeous brass gallery and a white marble top. The ...
Category
1930s French Directoire Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Carrara Marble
$2,636 Sale Price
20% Off
French Glass Cabinet or Little Vitrine Massive Teck, French, circa 1950
Located in Labrit, Landes
This French cabinet in massive teck with glass vitrine two drawers and two doors is very original with its rounded corners.
Good condition.
Shipping:
35 / 87 / 102 cm 63 kg.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Resin, Wood
19th Century Italian Louis XV Style Cabinet with Vitrine
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine 19th century Italian Louis XV style bronze mounted cabinet with vitrine. Made of solid walnut and pine as a secondary wood. Beautifully patterned book-matched veneers of walnu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Italian antique Display cabinet in glass and black metal, early 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian antique Display cabinet in glass and black metal, early 1900s
Display case with a rectangular base made of black painted metal and glass. The frame is made of black painted m...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Glass Vitrines
Materials
Metal
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-R-13-A Glass-Fronted Bookcase / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
Located in Zürich, CH
This item is raw and sturdy. Its rugged textures and bold lines define that radical character. Its presence is uncompromising and captivating. Signs of age, patina, and the traces o...
Category
1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Teak
French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style Kingwood and ormolu-mounted single-door Vitrine, the demilune shaped cabinet with and arched bonnet, molded trim above a bombé glazed d...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$69,850 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian 1940s Country Shabby Buffet Sideboard with Display Cabinet
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italy 1940s country Shabby painted buffet sideboard with display cabinet in massive larch
Measures cm: H 90 + 105 W 160 D 51 / 38.
Category
1940s Italian Country Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Wood, Glass
Art Nouveau Showcase Side Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful small showcase table from the Art Nouveau period made of ash and oak wood. On all four sides are installed glasses with circumferential facet ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Ash, Oak
$2,859 Sale Price
23% Off
Vintage Brass Étagère Arched Glass Display Shelf with Three + Four Shelves
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage arched brass shelf shelves étagères. Chrome has been polished. Glasses are originals.
The width is 29.92in + 9.44in
.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass Vitrines
Materials
Brass
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Orion Display Case With Textured Gold Leaf Interior
Located in Barcelos, PT
Orion is a display case that combines luxurious finishes, with an amazing sculptural shape. Its made of resin reinforced with fiberglass, with exterior lacquered in black with high g...
Category
2010s Portuguese Glass Vitrines
Materials
Gold Leaf
$4,051 / item
Etagere by Tommi Parzinger
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare etagere by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals in brushed steel (hand machined, seemless edges), with glass shelves and a single pull out drawer in a tall pyramid shape.
Category
1970s American Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Steel
French Art Deco / Moderne' Vitrine, Bar, Cabinet Attrib. to Jules Leleu 1940s
By Jules Leleu
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning French Art Deco / Moderne' vitrine, bar, cabinet attrib. to Jules Leleu 1940s. Classic design, wonderful grained cherry mahogany wood. Button-tufted interior, two glass shel...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style Giltwood Ornately Carved Two-Door Vitrine Display Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood ornately carved two-door vitrine display cabinet of serpentine form with foliate and shell carvings, surrounding ...
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
$59,850 Sale Price
29% Off
Exceptional Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exceptional Early 20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Vitrine By François Linke
François Linke – Index no. 458
The fleur de pêcher marble top above a scro...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Glass Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) kingwood 2 door vitrine display cabinet with bronze trim and shaped glass sides
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
vintage bedside table side table Kjaernulf oak
Located in Lemmer, NL
vintage bedside table side table Kjaernulf oak
period 60's
design Henning Kjaernulf Denmark
condition good light signs of use
size 5...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Italian Midcentury 1940s Bookcase Walnut Veneer with Two Drawers, Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian bookcase period 1940s in walnut and walnut veneer with two drawers, wax polished. Upper showcase with grating and the two lower doors covered in leatherette.
Excellent condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Glass Vitrines
Materials
Iron
Early 19th Century Three Part French Display Cabinet
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This stunning early 19th-century mahogany wood three-part French display china cabinet is a true testament to exquisite craftsmanship and timeless elegance. With its gracefully curve...
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Brass
French 19th/20th C. Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Vernis Martin Style Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Vernis Martin Decorated Single-Door Vitrine, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The wh...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$34,950 Sale Price
53% Off
1960s Upcycled Display Cabinet with Glass, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Carefully refurbished
- Integrated light
- Mahogany veneer
- The hairpin iron legs were added afterwards.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Wood, Glass, Mahogany
Vintage Late 19th Century French Table Top Vitrine
Located in Bronx, NY
This elegant 19th century French vitrine is designed in the manner of Louis XV, with flowing decorative ormolu trim that accents the highly polished veneer. A framed beveled glass li...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Neoclassical Walnut Display Armoire ~ Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Neoclassical Walnut Display Armoire ~ Bookcase was crafted from blonde French walnut creating a naturally lighter shade of furnishing that is ideal for today's airy, casual decors. Taking a cue from 3,000 years of classical architecture, it features a boldly formed crown flanked by a pair of orb finials, and an intriguing bonnet that combines raised panels with burl walnut faces...
Category
1870s French Neoclassical Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Brass
19th Century Country French Two-Tiered Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Country French Two-Tiered Vitrine is a marvel of the furniture maker's art! Hand-crafted from dense, old-growth oak, hand-rolled glass and hand-forged brass, it harks b...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Vintage Danish display cabinet with glass panels and atmospheric lighting
By Dyrlund
Located in Harderwijk, NL
A unique opportunity for enthusiasts! This fantastic vintage design display cabinet from Dyrlund dates back to the 1960s and was made in Denmark. With its atmospheric lighting and gl...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Vitrine-Showcase in Mahogany, Marquetry, Glass - Italy
Located in Girona, Girona
Exceptional central set of shelves - vitrine in solid and veneered mahogany, glass flap door with 2 glass shelves inside, decorated with marquetry and ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Antique Aesthetic Movement Carved Cherry Faceted & Mirrored Corner Cabinet c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique aesthetic movement corner cabinet offers cherry construction in faceted form with carved foliate frieze surmounting cast with single beveled glass door opening to shelved ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Metal
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Display Cabinet / Table Vitrine in Mahogany and Glass by Josef Frank, 1960's
By Josef Frank
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Display Cabinet / Table Vitrine in Mahogany, Glass and Mirrored Glass by Josef Frank, 1960's
Additional Information:
Material: Mahogany, glass and mirrored glass
Style: Mid century,...
Category
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Glass Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
Mid-Century Dutch Cabinet by A.A. Patijn for Zijlstra, 1950's
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice Dutch walnut cabinet, designed by A.A. Patijn for Zijlstra Joure in the 50’s.
This high quality cabinet is composed by 2 modules.
...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Pair of Louis XVI Style Mahogany Vitrines by François Linke, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An impressive pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany vitrines by François Linke.
French, circa 1890.
Signed to the reverse of the bronze mounts ‘LINKE’.
Each ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Large Carved Velvet Lined Walnut Display Case, with Internal Glass Shelving
Located in London, GB
A large carved walnut display case, velvet lined, with three glass shelves, and two internal lights, English, circa 1910.
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Glass Vitrines
Materials
Velvet, Glass, Walnut
Pair of Black Wooden Vitrine Cabinets
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of cabinets or vitrines made of black painted wood on the outside and natural color wood on the inside. Door and sides made of glass, wooden shelves. The cabinets are new, unuse...
Category
2010s Balinese Organic Modern Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
$3,800 / set
19th Century Louis XV Style French Ormolu-Mounted Display Cabinet by Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
An Elegant Louis XV Style Vitrine
Attributed to Paul Sormani
Of bombé form, constructed from kingwood, skilfully bookmatched throughout and dressed with extensive fire gilt bronze m...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
French Chapeau de Gendarme 19th Century Carved Elm Cabinet with Glass Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French elm vitrine cabinet from the 19th century, with chapeau de gendarme top, glass doors, carved décor and three drawers. Created in France du...
Category
19th Century French Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Iron, Brass
1960s Industrial Vitrine in Metal, Italian Mid-Century Furniture
Located in Milano, IT
Industrial Furniture - Mid-Century Modern Display Vitrine - Collectible Design
Offered for sale is a 1960s display vitrine in steel and glass, ...
Category
1960s Italian Industrial Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Steel
Mastercraft Brass Empire Style Vitrine
Located in Hanover, MA
Mastercraft model 260 'China Cabinet' or vitrine, display cabinet, curio in the empire style with pediment.
Hardwood structure clad in patinated solid brass and black mirror trim.
Beveled glass sidelights and windowed doors. Storage cupboard behind lower square doors with solid brass ring pulls.
interior is fitted with three removable glass shelves and smoked antique mirror back
Recessed lights with...
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Japonisme Mother of Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Display Cabinet after Viardot
Located in London, GB
This wonderful display cabinet is designed in a ‘Japonisme’ (Japanese) style, which was popular in Europe in the mid-late 19th century. This craze was kick-started by Japan reopening to trade with the West, and exporting Japanese goods—including furniture and decorative art—to Europe. One craftsmen by the name of Gabriel Viardot (1830-1906) established a name for himself in France producing Chinese and Japanese style furniture...
Category
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Metal
Vintage Iron And Glass Medical Cabinet, 1970s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This medical cabinet was designed in the 1970s and was produced circa 1975 in hungary. It is made from iron and glass with glass shelves. The glass is held by a black rubber strip. T...
Category
1970s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Iron
American Mid-Century Modern Ebonized Vitrine
By Mastercraft
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century Modern ebonized metal and brass trimmed vitrine cabinets (MASTERCRAFT)
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Glass Vitrines
Materials
Metal, Brass
$8,700 / item
A Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Amboyna Vitrine Cabinet
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Amboyna Vitrine Cabinet-On-Stand, Attributed to Henry Dasson.
This fine vitrine cabinet has an upper section with a shaped re...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Art Deco Display Cabinet in Golden Mahogany, Bubble Glass & Greek Key Shelves
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunning in concept and execution, this large, impressive Moderne-Art Deco cabinet consists of four parts, all centered around an internally-lit porthole vitrine with glass shelves a...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass
English Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet From the 19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
English Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet From the 19th Century
Step into timeless elegance with this exquisite antique display cabinet, a captivating ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany, Glass, Wood
$2,754 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Mid Century Modern Multi Tear Level Shelf Wall Unit Etagere
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern shelf wall unit.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Glass Vitrines
Materials
Chrome
Italian Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Decorated Display Cabinet
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Italian Louis XV style chinoiserie and gilt decorated display cabinet with a concave glass door, circa 1900. The decoration on the lower rig...
Category
Early 1900s European Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Gold Leaf
$4,900 Sale Price
51% Off
Antique RJ Horner Diminutive Oak Vitrine with Ribbon & Foliate Elements C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique RJ Horner Diminutive Oak Vitrine or China Cabinet with Mirrored Back, Curved Glass, Rib...
Category
Early 20th Century Glass Vitrines
Materials
Oak, Glass, Mirror
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist Dry Bar Cabinet attrib to Jules Leleu, French Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet
By Jules Leleu
Located in Miami, FL
French Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet, Attributed to Jules Leleu.
This elegant and captivating French Art Deco display cabinet, attributed to the renowned designer Jules Leleu, embodies ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Glass Vitrines
Materials
Brass
$10,440 Sale Price
45% Off
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ebony and Ormolu Boulle vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and most impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ebony and Ormolu Boulle vitrine. This stunning four door vitrine is raised on a rectangular plinth centered by an ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Portuguese Double-Door Showcase Cabinet
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Double-door showcase. With a slightly curved structure in the centre, an elegant design and harmonious proportions, with fronts adorned by wooden transoms that form decorative arche...
Category
Early 20th Century Portuguese Late Victorian Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th-20th Century Marquetry and Gilt-Bronze Mounted, François Linke Atrributed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century kingwood and tulipwood marquetry and gilt-bronze mounted vitrine, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender single door display cabinet with a red-velvet backing and bowed glass panels surmounted with acanthus and floral gilt-bronze mounts in the style of Léon Messagé (French, 1842-1901), the serpentine shaped front door with an ornate marquetry and ink colored panel depicting wreaths, ribbons and tied acantus leaves, all raised on four cabriolet legs ending with gilt-bronze paw-feet, Paris, circa 1900.
Linke was born on 17 June 1855 in the small village of Pankraz, in what is now the Czech Republic. Records show that Linke served an apprenticeship with the master cabinet maker, Neumann, which he completed in 1877. Linke’s work book or Arbeits-Buch records that he was in Vienna from July 1872 to October 1873 at the time of the International Exhibition held there in 1873.
He subsequently travelled to Prague, Budapest & Weimar before finally arriving in Paris in 1875. It is documented that he obtained employment with an unknown German cabinetmaker in Paris, and stylistic similarities, photographs and geographical proximity have led some to suggest that Emmanuel Zwiener was the most likely candidate. After a period back in his home town of Pankratz, he returned once and for all to Paris in 1877. In 1878 Paris hosted the third great International Exhibition, a remarkable success for a country ravaged by war only seven years earlier. It is known that the fledgling Linke workshops were active in the Faubourg St. Antoine as early as 1881, during this time he supplied furniture for other more established makers such as Jansen and Krieger.
By 1889 another World’s Fair, as they were often referred to in America, took place in Paris. Monsieur Eiffel erected what has become the most iconic building in Paris for the exhibition and the atmosphere of wealth and confidence may well have encouraged Linke to think that he could contribute an important part to the next great exhibition. As early as 1892 this was decreed to take place at the end of the century, in an attempt to pre-empt Berlin from staging the last great show of the century.
In 1892, Victor Champier (fr) one of the commissioners for the 1900 Paris Fair had appealed, “Create in the manner of the masters, do not copy what they have made”. It was an appeal against mere reproduction and Linke rose to this challenge in an unparalleled way with his unique display that was to include the Grand Bureau.
Determined to outshine the competition at the Exhibition, Linke had set about creating the most ambitious pieces he could envisage, and more extravagant than had ever been displayed before. The items he exhibited marked a transition from the historicist interpretation of Louis XV and Louis XVI styles, an interpretation that was the mainstay of his nearest rivals, to something startlingly new and vital in its immediacy. [6] Together with Léon Messagé he developed a new style for the 1900 Exhibition that paid homage to the Louis XV rococo in the fluidity of its approach, but an approach fused with the lively flowing lines of the contemporary and progressive 'art nouveau'. The Art Journal reported in 1900 on Linke's stand:
"The work of M. Linke ... was an example of what can be done by seeking inspiration amongst the classic examples of Louis XV and XVI without in any great sense copying these great works. M. Linke's work was original in the true sense of the word, and as such commended itself to the intelligent seeker after the really artistic things of the Exhibition. Wonderful talent was employed in producing the magnificent pieces of furniture displayed".
Linke's stand would have appeared refreshingly new to contemporary onlookers, the traditional designs of the eighteenth century melting seamlessly into an exuberant naturalism. The 'Revue' described Linke's style as 'entièrement nouveaux' and noted "This opinion is universally accepted. Linke's stand is the biggest show in the history of art furniture in the year 1900". It is perhaps the most extraordinary and remarkable aspect of Linke’s personal history that he produced such expensive and luxurious furniture of exquisite quality for the 1900 exhibition without any commission or any potential buyer in mind. [9] At a time when other more established furniture businesses such as those of Beurdeley and Dasson were closing down, he made a huge investment in his stand and the furniture he supplied for it. Linke recognised that to move his business forward he needed to appeal to a more International clientele and the new emerging rich who were at this time amassing fortunes on an unprecedented scale. For this reason he gambled everything he had on his display for the 1900 exhibition. Had this not succeeded he would almost certainly have succumbed to bankruptcy. Linke’s notebook records visitors to his stand from England, Europe, the Americas, Egypt and Japan and including; the King of Sweden, three visits from the King of Belgium, Prince Radziwill, the Prince d’Arenberg, the Comte Alberic du Chastel, Miss Anna May Gould, the American heiress, distinguished furniture makers and the President of France Emile Loubet.
This risky endeavour was a resounding success, and with his reputation established, La Maison Linke became the pre-eminent furniture house until outset of the Second World War. The technical brilliance of his work and the artistic change that it represented was never to be repeated. His showrooms expanded into prestigious premises in Paris, in the Place Vendôme as well as the Faubourg St. Antoine where his workshop had been established. He embarked on many important commissions in the years up to the outbreak of the First World War, making and designing furniture for leading international industrialists and bankers. After the 1914-1918 World War, Linke undertook the extraordinary commission to furnish the Ras al-Tin Palace in Alexandria for King Fuad of Egypt, possibly the largest single furniture commission ever conceived, eclipsing even Versailles. Linke flourished and remained active until the middle years of the 1930s and died in 1946
Léon Messagé (1842-1901) was a French sculptor, best known for his sculptural collaboration with François Linke for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Messagé was also responsible for much of the design and creative work for Roux et Brunet...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Glass Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
$18,950 Sale Price
44% Off
Art Deco display cabinet / showcase / bookcase in walnut, France, Circa 1920
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Cabinet / display case / bookcase with glass door, in walnut.
In the style of the productions of Follot, Dufrène.
Art Deco.
France, Circa 1920.
Carved fruit baskets on the door.
Pr...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Glass Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut
$3,145 Sale Price
20% Off
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