François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
French, 1855-1946
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.
Color: Brown
Creator: François Linke
French 19th C. Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Vernis Martin Cabinet by F. Linke
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood and Satinwood Parquetry Vernis Martin Decorated Meuble D'Appui Side-Cabinet by François Linke (1855-1946) - Index Number 204 - Paris. The serpentine Griotte de Campan Rouge marble top above a single bombé door painted with a scène of a couple running through the forest flanked by cupids and angels over a waterfall, the interior fitted with one wooden shelf, the front angles each with a scrolling foliate clasp, the bombé sides decorated with square parquetry fields, on cabriole legs and acanthus-cast sabots. The lockplate engraved 'Ct. LINKE - PARIS'. The ormolu cast stamped 'FL' on the back. Circa: Paris, 1890-1900.
François Linke (1855-1946) was one of the most celebrated ébénistes of his time. Born in Pankraz, Bohemia, Linke moved to Paris in 1875 and six years later established independent ateliers at 170, rue de Faubourg St. Antoine. As was the practice among contemporaries and noteworthy predecessors, such as Alfred Beurdeley and Henry Dasson, Linke initially produced furniture derived from styles popular during the 18th century ancien régime. By 1900, his worldwide reputation as an individualistic master of high quality furniture was already established. However, with a huge display, placing his extravagant pieces in room settings and winning the Médaille d'Or for his Grand Bureau...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Cabinet and its Companion Vitrine by F.Linke, France, Circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in PARIS, FR
Exceptional Louis XVI style cabinet and its companion vitrine beautifully mounted with chiseled and gilded bronze. They are surmounted by a rectangular top with an egg-and-dart molded edge, above a frieze centered by a laurel-festooned Bacchic mask and scrolling acanthus.
The vitrine and the cabinet open by one door ; the paneled door of the cabinet centered by a ribbon-suspended lyre and foliate pendant. Both have the angles adorned with tapering female caryatids, above a guilloche. They rest on tapering fluted quiver-form legs joined by a pierced stretcher, surmounted by a flowery urn, and ending on toupie feet.
Related work :
Cabinet and vitrine listed under index 684 of Linke’s photographic archives (see photo attached).
View of a room of the private collector Elias Meyer’s Mansion, in 16 Grosvenor Square, London, taken in 1909 and reproduced and commented in François Linke (1855-1946), The Belle Epoque of French Furnitures, Ch. Payne, p.247) showing the cabinet and the showcase in situ. (see photo attached).
View of the cabinet in situ in the Queen’s bedroom in the Palace Ras al-Tin, in Alexandria, after being bought by King of Egypt Fouad on March 1927. Reproduced and commented in François Linke (1855-1946), The Belle Epoque of French Furnitures, Ch. Payne, p.278. (see photo attached).
François Linke, born in 1855 in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia), worked as a cabinet-maker in Paris from about 1882 until his death in 1946. In 1900, at the apex of his career, he opened a new shop at the famous Parisian place Vendôme. He specialized in Louis XV and Louis XVI style furniture: all pieces were beautifully mounted with gilt-bronze ornaments, and he received numerous commissions. Later Linke decided to collaborate with the well-known sculptor Léon Messagé and integrated new lines and shapes announcing the “Art Nouveau” style. His great success is definitely the 1900 Universal Exhibition where he was awarded the gold medal for his extraordinary kingwood desk, designed by Messagé. At this occasion, the “Revue artistique et industrielle” commented that “Linke’s stand...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany bombé vitrine by François Linke.
Signed to the corner clasp 'F. Linke'.
This elegant...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
Rare Mahogany Folio Document Cabinet by François Linke, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare gilt-bronze mounted mahogany Folio document cabinet by François Linke, with a unique locking system by Clément Linke.
French, circ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Signed Francois Linke Bronze Mounted Louis XV Kingwood Vitrine China Cabinet
By François Linke
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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This is a fantastic formal china cabinet or vitrine by Francois Linke. The kingwood case and gorgeous bowed glass the has are adorned by beautiful bronze ormolu and fine proportions.The cabinet has signed ormolu...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Buffet Cabinet, by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Empire style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry buffet cabinet, by François Linke, Paris.
This handsome buffet or side cabinet has its original Swedish green marble top. The veneers are of the finest figured acajou flammé. The frieze is fitted with a long drawer with citronnier and ebonised marquetry panel depicting a Etruscan chariot...
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19th Century French Empire Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A very special and Palatial early 20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted Mahogany and Bois Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre by François Linke
François Linke – Index Num...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Commode marquetry ormolu bronze by F.Linke
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extremely high end louis XV style chest of drawers
in marquetry ,marble top, ormolu bronze falls on the sides , finished with clogs on the front and back of the feet ,bear the mark ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
19th Century François Linke Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood and Ambonya Commode
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
An Important 19th Century French Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany, Tulipwood and Amboyna Commode by François Linke
The villefranche de conflet marble top above a frieze set with three drawer...
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Late 19th Century French Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A palatial and superb early 20th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XVI style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke
François Linke
The arched top with scrolled corners and centered by a laurel wreath and crossed acanthus branches, above a central large door at top by a lyre on drapery-covered plinth, flanked by scrolling acanthus, with a smaller door to each side hung with floral swags and with central oval plate, the divides cast with a slender flower-filled vase, the interior with adjustable shelves and drawers to the bottom, on shaped foliate-cast plinth and acanthus-capped tapering feet.
Inscribed F. Linke to the top right bronze mount and stamped “C LINKE” on the back of the locks.
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 in St. Louis, the Liege in Belgium and the 1908 Franco-British exhibition in London. Linke’s highly original designs sprang from the Régence and Rococo styles but were imbued with something quite new – Rococo curves were laden with gilt-bronze sculptural mounts in the tradition of A.-C. Boulle (1642-1732) or Charles Cressent (1685-1758). Stylistically, the new designs still adhered to the Rococo; the novelty, however, was Linke’s fusion of the Rococo with the liveliness and the fluidity of the ‘art nouveau’. The Revue called Linke’s creations entierement nouveau, and continued to say that ‘Linke’s stand...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Louis XV style vitrine by François Linke (1855 - 1946) Made of gilt bronze mounted wood, with a violet breccia marble top, front and beveled glass pa...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Louis XV Style Vitrine with Vernis Martin Panels by François Linke, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bombé Vitrine With Vernis Martin Panels, by François Linke.
French, Circa 1900.
Signed 'F. Linke' to one bronze mount.
The reverse ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
French 19th Century Transitional Style Two-Door Mahogany and Ormolu Armoire
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Transitional st. two door mahogany and ormolu armoire signed F. Linke. The armoire is raised on cabriole legs with ormolu sa...
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19th Century French Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Vitrine Table by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A lovely early 20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted parquetry vitrine table by François Linke
François Linke
The oval shaped table with a beveled glass top encircled...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Rare Signed Francois Linke Burled Walnut Art Deco Ivory Marlble Top Sideboard
By François Linke
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Ok, This is a rare and extremely unusual Ivory and marble burled walnut sideboard designed and made and signed by Francois Linke, one of France's most well known and best cabinet-mak...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble
Fine 19th Century French Vitrine, by Francoise Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century marquetry inlaid bombe fronted French Louis XVI style Vitrine, having its original Breche Violette marble top, wonderful scrolling foliate chiselled ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
19th Century Kingwood Table in the Louis XVI Style by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI style table Ambulante
By Francois Linke
The master ébéniste using kingwood and tulipwood to great effect, with foliate ormolu mounts, rising form hoof-foot and acanth...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Bookmatched Cabinet with Marble Top by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A Bois Citronnier Meuble d'Entre Deux
By François Linke
Constructed from satiné quarter-veneered bois citronnier, with rosewood crossbanding and ormolu mounts, the rectangular ca...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Writing Desk by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New Orleans, LA
Superior craftsmanship and elegant bronze work characterize this tambour front roll top writing desk by François Linke, the most important French ébéniste of his time. Linke is celeb...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
19th Century Parquetry and Gilt Bronze Cabinet by Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Dallas, TX
French rare 19th century cabinet. Kingwood and parquetry with fine quality gilt bronze mounts. Clock on top. Signed Francois Linke
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Kingwood
Large French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Vitrine by Francoise Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French bombe shaped display cabinet in the Louis XVI style, having wonderful scrolling gilded ormolu mounts, original marble to the tops, serpentine ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vernis Martin Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic quality late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted Vernis Martin vitrine cabinet
By François Linke
A pierced bronze gallery above a bronze mount of a fem...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Late 19th Century French Vitrine by Francoise Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style mahogany vitrine, having wonderfully fine quality gilded ormolu mounts. Having its original marble top, the single glazed door...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
Rare Pair of 19th Century Vitrines by Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful and rare pair of late 19th century French Louis XVI style virtines, each with their original marble tops, beautiful scrolling gilded ormolu mounts, the serpentine fronted...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Late 19th Century Marquetry and Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A special late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and parquetry bureau a cylindre.
By François Linke - Index no. 393.
The upper section with a shaped pie...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted mahogany vitrine
By François Linke
A shaped marble top above a single central glazed door opening to a shelv...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Unique Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Cabinet by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A unique late 19th century gilt bronze mounted parquetry cabinet by François Linke and Léon Messagé
François Linke and Léon Messagé
This unusual cabinet features a cube parquetry top with a back splash centered with a plume of bronze feathers and flowers, above a long single drawer with a bronze leaf-clasped scallop shell and two handles shaped as wings, the sides headed by foliate and flower-cast clasps. The cabinet was most likely made to store magazines or original phonograph records.
Stamped FL under many of the bronze mounts, the lock stamped CT LINKE/PARIS
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 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 in St. Louis, the Liege in Belgium and the 1908 Franco-British exhibition in London. Linke’s highly original designs sprang from the Régence and Rococo styles but were imbued with something quite new, Rococo curves were laden with gilt-bronze sculptural mounts in the tradition of A.-C. Boulle (1642-1732) or Charles Cressent (1685-1758). Stylistically, the new designs still adhered to the Rococo; the novelty, however, was Linke’s fusion of the Rococo with the liveliness and the fluidity of the ‘art nouveau’. The Revue called Linke’s creations entierement nouveau, and continued to say that ‘Linke’s stand...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Pair of Singed Linke Bronze Mounted Parquetry Commodes, Francois Linke, Paris FR
By François Linke
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of singed Linke bronze mounted and parquetry commodes in the Louis XV style.
Parisian made cabinets are signed "F. Linke" on the bronze mounts. S...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style Petit Corner Vitrine by François Linke, French, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted petit corner vitrine by François Linke.
The gilt-bronze mounts stamped to the reverse 'FL'.
The back of the lock stamped 'C.T. LINKE'.
...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Fine Pair of Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Cabinets by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A fine companion pair of early 20th century gilt bronze mounted Louis XV style chest of drawers by François Linke
Surmounted by a Brèche d’Alep marble top above a pair of short dr...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Two Vernis Martin and Gilt Bronze Mounted Display Cabinets by Linke
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
These elegant display cabinets (or vitrines) were crafted in the late 19th century by the leading ébéniste (cabinetmaker) of the period, François Linke (French, 1855-1946). Linke was...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Table Vitrine by François Linke, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Table Vitrine by François Linke.
French, circa 1900.
Linke Index Number 131.
The lockplate signed 'F.Linke', the mounts variousl...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Francoise Linke Signed Bombe Commode, Late 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style marble top bombe shaped commode, having scrolling foliate gilded ormolu mounts, fine marquetry inlaid panels with flowers...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Ormolu
Large French Louis XVI Style Vitrine, by 'Linke'
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very large and impressive fine quality 19th century French mahogany Virine, in the style of Louis XVI by 'Francoise Linke'.
Having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts of scrolling foli...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Cabinet by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
An Ormolu-mounted and mahogany parquetry cabinet
by François Linke
Constructed in the Louis XV transitional manner, in mahogany parquetry work, and dressed with ormolu mounts of ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Mahogany Vitrines by François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An impressive pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany vitrines by François Linke.
French, circa 1890.
Signed to the reverse of the bronze mounts ‘LINKE’.
Each ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Satine Bookcase by François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
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.
...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Louis XVI Style Commode after Jean-Henri Riesener by François Linke, circa 1905
By Jean-Henri Riesener, François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted marquetry commode after a model by Jean-Henri Riesener by François Linke.
French, circa 1905.
Linke Index No. 10.
Signed 'F...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Early 20th Century Ormolu Mounted Bahut Chest Cabinet by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite French early 20th century François Linke Bahut chest cabinet.
Satiné frisé and satiné cube parquetry, fleur de pêcher marble top, the upper cupboard with two shelves, s...
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Early 20th Century French François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Commode after the Model by Leleu by François Linke, circa 1910
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted commode, after the model by Jean-Francois Leleu by François Linke.
French, circa 1910.
Linke index number: 1127.
Linke title: 'Commode Louis XVI, Bois d'amarante et de rose.'
Signed ‘Linke’ to the right-hand side chute.
This distinguished commode is quarter veneered in mahogany with bois de violette banding and boxwood stringing. It is furnished with finely cast gilt-bronze mounts and surmounted by a brèche violette marble top.
It appears that Linke bought the rights to make this commode from the Vente Cueunières in 1902, although there is no trace of it being made by him until the summer of 1908 and there is no entry in the Blue Daybooks for this model. The green registres have two pages devoted to the making of the commodes, the first at a cost of 1,540 and 40 centimes, with eight more made in the intervening years, the last, a pair, in 1927 with the cost price escalating to 8,529 francs. The registre is not entirely clear, but it appears that Clément Linke, father and son, made the locks for this model. The cabinetmaking was exclusively by Guntren who took 496 hours per commode, paid 85 centimes in 1908 rising to 5 francs 75 cents for the last pair. Linke priced this commode at 3,000 French francs, noting in his book 'original est de Leleu est à Trianon.'
The original commode by Leleu, on loan from the Petit Trianon, is shown in a line engraving in the retrospective part of the Exposition de l' Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1882, De Champeau & Others, 'Les arts du bois,' pub. Quantin, 1883, p. 80. The commode entered the Petit Trianon in 1867 on the occasion of an earlier exhibition dedicated to the memory of Marie-Antoinette, organised under the patronage of the Empress Eugénie.
Jean-François Leleu
A pupil and later collaborator with Jean-François Oeben, Jean-François Leleu became maître on the latter’s death in 1763. His work can be divided into two concurrent but distinct styles: the first owing more to the legacy of Oeben, being of large, solid forms, more noble in style; the second, although retaining the clean, definite lines of the first, being an exercise in elegance and understatement. It is this second style for which Leleu is chiefly remembered and which the present commode, with its lightly bombé form and restrained frieze mounts, is a principal example.
Literature:
Payne, Christopher. François Linke, 1855-1946, The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, (woodbridge, UK), 2003; p. 502, for the black and white cliché of index number 1127
Meyer, Jonathan. Great Exhibitions, Antique Collectors club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2006; p. 298 - 300.
Pradère, Alexandre. French Furniture Makers; p. 340, fig. 398; and P.
Arizzoli-Clementel. Versailles Furniture...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted parquetry vitrine
by François Linke.
Index number 458.
The fleur de pêcher marble-top above a scrolling acanthus and ...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Vitrine by Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in New Orleans, LA
This rare and stunning vitrine was crafted by the illustrious French ébéniste François Linke. A master of the Louis XVI style, Linke was renowned for his highly original designs t...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Bureau by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A rare and very special late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted two-tier kidney shaped bureau
by Franc¸ois Linke.
The upper case with shaped top, surmounted by a s...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Francois Linke Bureau Plat, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Francois Linke Bureau plat,
circa 1900. Signed Linke on the right side of the gilt bronze chute. Amarante, quarter-veneer satine, loupe d'a...
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Early 20th Century François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
19th French Vitrine Cabinet, Signed Linke
By François Linke
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare and important 19th century French kingwood and parquetry inlaid display or vitrine cabinet, signed by the renowned designer and cabinet maker François Linke. The shaped bonnet atop large glass double doors and inset parquetry panels trimmed in bronze.
Finely appointed overall with remarkably detailed gilt bronze mounts depicting caryatid masques, maiden busts, shells, acanthus leaves, and fleur de lis. The entire on gilt bronze animal...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode By François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic Late 19th/Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode By François Linke
François Linke – Index no. 599
Brèche d’ Alep marble top above one long bronze mounted drawer, the center two drawers bronze mounted with floral wreath and bird, the base mounted with a tambourine and flowing curtains.
Signed F. Linke to the right-hand chute, locked stamped Ct. Linke and the number 599.
Pictured on Page 493 and Daybook Entry on Page 477 in “François Linke 1855-1946 The Belle Epoque of French Furniture” By Christopher Payne.
Designed in 1900, this model commode was conceived en suite with a dressing table, index number 600, and a double bed, number 601. Although clearly started in 1899, a note in the Blue Daybook shows that the ciseleur enriched the chasing on the bronzes much later, in September 1902, and with a fleur de pêcher marble top costing 110 francs. Whereas two of the matching beds and dressing tables were made, Linke made five versions of this commode between 1899 and 1910, with one example made for the compagnie nationale de Buenos-Aires in 1908.
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 in St. Louis, the Liege in Belgium and the 1908 Franco-British exhibition in London. Linke’s highly original designs sprang from the Régence and Rococo styles but were imbued with something quite new – Rococo curves were laden with gilt-bronze sculptural mounts in the tradition of A.-C. Boulle (1642-1732) or Charles Cressent (1685-1758). Stylistically, the new designs still adhered to the Rococo; the novelty, however, was Linke’s fusion of the Rococo with the liveliness and the fluidity of the ‘art nouveau’. The Revue called Linke’s creations entierement nouveau, and continued to say that ‘Linke’s stand...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Great Quality Gilt Bronze-Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A great quality late 19th century Louis xvi style gilt bronze-mounted vitrine.
By François Linke.
The rectangular paneled top with three-quarter gallery, above a conforming ent...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Ormolu, Kingwood and Vernis Martin Side Cabinet by Linke
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
Kingwood, Vernis Martin and Gilt-Bronze mounted side cabinet by Linke
French, Late 19th Century
Height 127cm, width 147cm, depth 50cm
Made in the late-nineteenth century in the height of the French Belle Époque, this exceptional ormolu, kingwood, and Vernis Martin cabinet...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Vitrine by François Linke, French, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted Vitrine with a Brèche d’Alep Marble Top By Franc¸ois Linke
Signed to the reverse of the lock ‘CT LINKE/ PARIS’.
Linke index number 208.
Th...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Side Cabinets by 'Linke'
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of French Louis XVI style late 19th century kingwood marquetry and parquetry inlaid side cabinets, with floral decoration to the doors, marble tops and ormolu mou...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Kingwood
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Cabinet by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany cabinet
by François Linke.
Surmounted with a marble top, above a frieze and a bronze-mounted upper cupboard doo...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Signed Linke Vitrine, 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century Louis XV style kingwood vitrine, having the original marble top, classical ormolu mounts, bevelled glass, adjustable shelves. A Wedgwood plaque inset to t...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
Important 19th Century French Signed F Linke Marble-Topped Buffet
By François Linke
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare and important 19th century signed F Linke French buffet.
Finest quality gilt bronze mounts. Original marble top.
Side drawers come out at an angle. All drawers lined with...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique François Linke Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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François Linke case pieces and storage cabinets are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of François Linke case pieces and storage cabinets, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original case pieces and storage cabinets by François Linke were created in the Louis XVI style in france during the 19th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider case pieces and storage cabinets by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley, Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, and Maison Forest . Prices for François Linke case pieces and storage cabinets can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $15,000 and can go as high as $955,603, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $60,000.
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