19th Century French Table by F. Linke

Fourth-quarter 19th century Signed to one bronze mount: F. Linke The flip-top game table with floral marquetry inlay, green felt interior surface, and gilt-bronze mounts raised...

19th century French Louis XV game table signed F Linke pictured on page 490 inventory number 278 in the book of Linke Furniture by Christopher Payne.

19th century French Louis XV mahogany and gilt bronze dressing table. Rare signed F Linke marble top dressing table with a mirror on top.

19th century French Louis XVI gilt carved salon table. Breche Violette marble top. Fine gilt carving with rams heads in the four corners.

Early 19th century rare Russian mahogany and hand-hammered brass inlayed center hall table with a single drawer.

French rare 19th century cabinet. Kingwood and parquetry with fine quality gilt bronze mounts. Clock on top. Signed Francois Linke      

19th Century. French. Bronze-mounted. Signed Linke. Original marble top.

A fine quality late 19th century French rouge marble topped, Geridon, attributed to Francoise Linke. Having wonderful gilded ormolu scrolling foliate mounts and moulding, an inset ro...

A very fine French 19th/20th century Louis XV style oval gilt bronze-mounted mahogany, walnut and satinwood veneered parquetry occasional center table fitted with a frieze drawer, at...

A rare and fantastic quality late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted inlaid marquetry and parquetry center table By Franc¸ois Linke. Franc¸ois Linke. The crossbanded oval top with central parquetry panel surrounded by floral and ribbon tie marquetry, above frieze with four drawers, bronze mounted tapering legs joined by a bronze mounted stretcher. Signed F. Linke to the top corner of one leg Back of lock stamped Ct. Linke and the number 402. 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...

A fantastic late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted Louis XV style kingwood centre table By François Linke With serpentine-grey and yellow marble top, above a frieze drawer centr...

A superb late 19th century gilt bronze mounted Regence style center table by François Linke The inset shaped marble top above a single drawer centered with a winged cherub head, t...