A Rare Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Vitrine Pedestal By François Linke

A Rare Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Vitrine Pedestal By François Linke, Paris.

Signed 'F. Linke / Paris'.
Reverse of the bronze mounts stamped 'FL'.

The top is of fleur de pêcher marble with ogee cut edge above a frieze with gilt-bronze acanthus mounts. The front angles mounted with espagnolettes busts. The tapering sides and front cupboard door glazed. The top of the door is inset with a plaque signed 'F. Linke / Paris'. The interior is fitted with two glass shelves. The apron with Linke’s signature mount of a water-spilling shell.

Pedestals by Linke have always been desirable and were a mainstay of his output from the earliest years of his production. However, vitrine pedestals with glazed sides are very rare.

France. Circa 1910.

Literature:
C. Payne, François Linke, 1855-1946 - The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 243, pl. 258 (a vitrine pedestal in the drawing room of the Meyer House, Grosvenor Square, London); p. 257, pl. 273 (one of the pedestals at the Vimanmek Mansion Museum, Bangkok); p. 291, pl. 301 (a pair of pedestals in the King of Egypt’s study at Ras Al-Tin).

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This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance

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