A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD VITRINE

BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD VITRINE
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The inset rectangular brèche d'Alep marble top above a floral garland and Bacchic putti-mounted frieze, with glazed cupboard door and sides, fronted with a relief-cast oval plaque of a nymph amongst scrolling berried acanthus, the front angles headed by female caryatids, the interior with a mirrored back and two glass shelves, on short cabriole legs with paw sabots, the lock-plate stamped 'CT. LINKE/SERRURERIE/PARIS'
57 5/8 in. (146.2 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This vitrine most closely compares to index number 38 of which a plainer example, lacking the base side-frieze decoration, sold A Private Collection Volume I, Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2006, lot 82 ($16,800).

Please see lot 314 for a note on François Linke.

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