Linke C 1881 Rare Bureau Plat 3 Drawers Ormolu/ Kingwood Signed On Desk & Locks
This is a gilt mounted kingwood and tulipwood with rectangular leather-lined top whitin a veneered and gilt bronze border, above 3 drawers on each side set in serpentine shaped frieze on cabriole legs, the whole mounted with rocaille, leaf and flower cast mounts. The bureau plat with scalloped top with later brown leather inset writing surface above three frieze drawers, the reverse with false drawers, the sides centered by floral and foliate mounts, raised on cabriole legs mounted with gilt bronze mask form espagnolettes leading to gilt bronze foliate sabots:the Biblitheque with shaped and coved top over a central glazed door flanked by subsidiary glazed doors enclosing sheleves, raised on gilt bronze animal paws. All the pieces including the locks are signed and had been made by him and in his first workshop that he opened in 1881 located at the 170th of Rue du Faubourg Saint- Antoin in Paris. The stamp inside the center lock that is a little rub-off reads:DUVIVIER-Paris-170(Zero as dot)-17 FG-ST ANTOINE - PARIS.
Under the 2 smaller drawers lock the stamps reads:DUVIVIER PARIS 7. This desk comes with 3. Drawers on one side and 3 false drawers on the front side with key and original locks. Also when an Linke expert look at this desk he told us we have to open the locks also to see if this piece is origial on all parts.
The piece comes with gorgeous leather top that we believe is added later date for more protection with gold linings. This Bureau Plat is in excellent condition and very well kept. This desk is one the first furniture pieces that was made as soon he opened his workshop in 1881 in this new location.The top measures about:52 1/2" by 32 1/2" and the height is:30 3/4. Provenance:Butterfield & Butterfield, Los Angeles, Sale 6640V, Lot 3741, September 22,1997. We heard this desk was originaly made for King Foaud of Egypt the father in law of Shah of Iran. François Linke was born in Bohemia in 1855, the second of eleven children. The relative poverty he lived in as a child was to spur him on to become an outstanding craftsman.
He arrived in Paris at the age of twenty. Renowned for the quality of his work, which had individualism and inventiveness unmatched by his contemporaries, his greatest success was at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, where his grand bureau took a gold medal. Continued to be the centre of his production until around 1934. WE ACCEPT THE RETURN IF OUR DESCRIPTION WAS WRONG. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST ANTIQUE SHOPS IN LOS ANGELES BY. OR YOU CAN VISIT OUR NEW LOCATION WORLD ANTIQUES IN BEVERLY HILLS. UPON YOUR REQUEST, WE DO APPRAISALS. FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF FINE ANTIQUES, TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER AUCTIONS. The item "LINKE C 1881 RARE BUREAU PLAT 3 DRAWERS ORMOLU/ KINGWOOD SIGNED ON DESK & LOCKS" is in sale since Monday, August 22, 2016. This item is in the category "Antiques\Furniture\Desks & Secretaries". The seller is "carolantiq10" and is located in Beverly Hills, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.- Region of Origin: FRENCH
- Maker: FRANCOISE LINKE
- Time Period Manufactured: 1800-1899
- LINKE RARE BUREAU PLAT: LIKE DESK C 1881 BRONZE MOUNTED & KINGWOOD.
- Material: BRONZE & KING WOOD
- Age: 1881-1885
- Sub-Style: French
- Style: Louis XV
- Color: GOLD & KINGWOOD
- Type: BUREAU PLAT OR DESK
- Original/Reproduction: Original