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BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, KINGWOOD AND BOIS SATINE PARQUETRY GAMES TABLE
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The hinged D-shaped top opening to a later red velvet-inset playing card surface, on cabriole legs, headed by foliate cast chutes, mounts variously numbered and incised FL
29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high, 33 ¼ in. (84.5 cm.) wide, 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) deep
BY FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The hinged D-shaped top opening to a later red velvet-inset playing card surface, on cabriole legs, headed by foliate cast chutes, mounts variously numbered and incised FL
29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high, 33 ¼ in. (84.5 cm.) wide, 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s New York, 27 April 2006, lot 254.
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