A Mahogany and Satine Bookcase by François Linke

A Fine Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Satine Bookcase by François Linke.

French, Circa 1890.

Linke Index No. ‘1131’
Inscribed ‘F. Linke’ above the center right-hand door.
The reverse of the lockplates stamped.
‘CT LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS/1131’, with various paper labels to the reverse.

This rare bibliothèque has a  breakfront top above an alternating scrolling vine and guilloche frieze, above three quarter-veneered panels mounted with trailing foliage and two mesh doors enclosing shelves, on a breakfront plinth.

The bibliothèque closely resembles a model by Linke (Index no. 1184) illustrated in both a project plan and photograph in C. Payne, 'François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge', 2003, p. 444.

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.

He was born in 1855 in the small village of Pankraz, in what is now the Czech Republic.  Records show that Linke served an apprenticeship with the master cabinetmaker Neumann, then in 1875 at the age of 20 he arrived in Paris where he lived until he died in 1946.

Literature:

Payne, Christophe. François Linke, (1855 - 1946), The Belle Époque of French Furniture, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2003; P.444.

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This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance

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