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A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Console Table, With Marble Top, By François Linke, Paris.
Surmounted by a serpentine-shaped Brèche de Saint-Maximin marble top. The frieze with acanthus cast naturalistic frame encircling central rocaille cartouches. On four cabriole legs, each headed by a female caryatid bust and oined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher, centred by a Watteauesque man holding a mandolin, seated on a pierced foliate base. On scrolled sabots.
Incised marks 'FL' and 'LF' for François Linke to the back of the gilt-bronze mounts.
Linke Index Number 153.
France, Circa 1890.
This console table is designed in the rococo style of the 1750s. The caryatid angle mounts are after 18th century models by Charles Cressent (1685-1768; P. Kjellberg, Le Mobillier Français Du XVIII Siecle, Paris, 2002, p. 226).
It was produced by François Linke under Index Number 153. It is known that François Linke acquired designs, templates and models for furniture from other makers when they ceased trading. Linke continued to make and adapt these models by other makers. The present table is one such case in point. This model of console table is known to have been made by Mathieu Befort, known as Befort Jeune, who was active from the 1840s to the 1870s. When Befort closed in 1880, Linke would have purchased the master models for this table. For the gilt-bronze mounts he would make his own casts from the models by Befort Jeune, adding his initials 'FL’, as can been seen to the bronzes on this table.
The rococo design of this table was an inspiration for the sculptor Léon Messagé who collaborated with François Linke to produce legendary Art Nouveau-infused rococo furniture for the Paris 1900 Exposition universelle. The evidence of this inspiration can been seen in a variation of this console table, also by Linke, which features different gilt-bronze mounts showing Messagé's hand.
The charming figure of the Mandolin player to the stretcher is inspired by the Rococo painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1681-1724) 'Mezzetin', circa 1718-20, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Inv. No.34.138. Mezzetin, a stock comic character of the Italian commedia dell’arte, became an established archetype on the Paris stage, but was an innovative subject for painting in Watteau’s lifetime.
François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet maker of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and possibly the most sought after cabinet maker of his period.
Literature:
Payne, Christopher. François Linke, (1855 - 1946), The Belle Époque of French Furniture, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2003, p. 55, pl. 145.
- Creator:François Linke (Cabinetmaker)
- Dimensions:Height: 37.8 in (96 cm)Width: 63 in (160 cm)Depth: 20.87 in (53 cm)
- Style:Louis XV (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1890
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Brighton, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: B780801stDibs: LU1028043179372
François Linke
François Linke, the most important French ébéniste of his time. Born in Bohemia in 1855, Linke moved to Paris in 1881 where he established his now-famous workshop and showroom. Linke's superior work spread quickly through France and he soon eclipsed even the finest furniture houses of Paris. Today, Linke is counted among the most important furniture makers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his work is dearly coveted by collectors. Linke is celebrated for designing highly innovative furnishings by infusing the Rococo style with the Art Nouveau trends of Paris and this Louis XV style desk exemplifies his highly original style.
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