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Table des Muses.
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Amaranth, Bois Satiné and Sycamore Marquetry Centre Table, By François Linke, After The Model By Jean-Henri Riesener.
Index Number 251.
Signed ‘F. Linke’ to edge of top.
The elaborate marquetry top depicts an allegory of Astronomy and Geometry, personified by the Muses Urania and Calliope holding a telescope and a pair of compasses, sitting beside an armillary sphere. The border is richly veneered with paterae and acanthus scrollwork. The frieze has charmingly detailed marquetry panels with putti playing with scientific instruments. The front with a central frieze drawer. The octagonal tapering legs with acanthus cast sabots.
France. Circa 1895.
This table is superb version of the famous royal example supplied by Jean-Henri Riesener in 1771 for Louis XVI and now on display at the Petit Trianon at Versailles.
Literature:
Payne, Christopher. François Linke, (1855 - 1946), The Belle Époque of French Furniture, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2003. p.490.
Dimensions
Height : 75 cm 30 inches Width : 109 cm 43 inches Depth : 60 cm 24 inchesStock number
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