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Lot 926
Attributed to Francois Linke, 1855 - 1946An exceptionally fine Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted Bureau Plat, the shaped rectangular top with original tooled leather inset, inside, kingswood and tulipwood crossbanded borders, and moulded brass rim, above three frieze drawers and three blank drawers on reverse with heavy ormolu handles, the drawer fronts and sides finely decorated parquetry work, on four cabriole legs headed by fine large grotesque masks surrounded by acorns and oak leaves and terminating in hairy paw feet. The body stamped underneath in two places, 'Mon Leger', possibly for the retailer Emile Leger et Cie, and the centre drawer stamped, 'Mn. Legar, Paris,' & Stenhouse & Savage, London.' 173cms (68")wide; 94cms (37") deep; 77cms (30 1/2") high. (1)Provenance: Humewood, Co. Wicklow.
Lot 525
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PERIOD FRENCH COMMODE, CIRCA 1750 of two short and two long drawers furnished with ornate ormolu scroll handles, between fluted brass insert pillars, raised on shaped bracket feet 83 cm. high; 130 cm. wide; 62 cm. deepAn extraordinary French mid-18th century chased gilt-bronze mounted parquetry commode with ‘Flandres à bec de corbin’ marble from Flanders over four drawers in three rows. It is furnished with finely incised gilt bronze handles, and escutcheons and with original ‘double-shooter’ locks.Guillaume Schwingkens was of German origin. He moved to Paris during the Époque Régence, obtaining his ‘lettres de maîtrise’ at the commencement of the reign of Louis XV. He was established in the Faubourg-Saint-Antoine prior to moving to the rue de Charenton around 1745. He died circa 1760. There is a marquetry commode by Schwingken in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.Stamped (2) to the fore on the top rail of the carcass: ‘G / SCHWING / KENS’. Paris, circa 1750. Bibliography: Pierre Kjellberg, Le mobelier Français du XVIIIe siècle – dictionaire des ébénistes et des menuisiers, Paris, 2002.
Lot 493
IMPORTANT FRANCOIS LINKE ORMOLU MOUNTED MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY ROLL TOP WRITING DESK, CIRCA 1900 the superstructure with a 3/4 brass gallery rail top, above a cylinder front opening to a fitted sliding writing interior, the base with a series of drawers, raised on square tapered legs, terminating on leaf cup castors 108 cm. high; 113 cm. wide; 66 cm. deepThis French cylinder desk is after a famous model by Jean-Henri Reisener made for Marie-Antoinette’s new apartments at the Chateau des Tulieries in 1784. It is now housed at the Musée du Louvre, Paris. François Linke, 1855 – 1946, was born in Bohemia. He was the leading cabinetmaker of ‘Le Belle Epoque’, a period in Western European civilisation that was characterised by optimism, peace, prosperity, and scientific and cultural innovations. In Paris, the arts flourished.Linke drew his inspiration from the great French ébénistes (cabinetmakers) of the eighteenth-century. He collaborated with sculptor Léon Messagé, 1842 – 1901, who provided him models for furniture and ornamental bronze of the very highest quality. Messagé fused the rococo style with l’Art Noveau to create what has become known as ‘le style Linke’. Linke’s company achieved world renown. His exquisitely finished, lavishly made furniture was produced for clients in Europe and the Americas while during the Great Depression, it received a commission for more than 1,000 pieces for the King of Egypt.
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