The moulded marble inset top above a ribbon-tied floral garlanded mounted frieze centred by a Jasperware tablet depicting a pair of addorsed bacchic fauns transporting a young Bacchus reclining on a vine-leaf stretcher, flanked by canted angles with ribbon-swagged and volute scroll cast herm-bust mounts, above a bevelled glass inset panel mounted door with an oval Jasperware plaque below depicting Venus and Cupid within a gilt bronze ribbon-tied floral and berried acanthus surround issuing scrolled flowers and foliage, enclosing a mirrored interior and three glass shelves, on cabriole legs,
67cm wide x 38cm deep x 149cm high, (26in wide x 14 1/2in deep x 58 1/2in high)

Footnotes

The present lot is an example of the impressive oeuvre of Francois Linke and represents a typical amalgamation of various designs he produced for vitrines, to which he allocated the index numbers 38, 230 and 1122.

Two virtually identical vitrines to the offered lot sold respectively Sotheby's, New York, 18 April 2015, Private Collections, lot 477 and Sotheby's, New York, 14 October 2015, Property from a Distinguished Private Asian Collection, lot 162.

Francois Linke
Linke was born in Bohemia, but moved to Paris where he established his business circa 1880 at 170, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, and from 1900 onwards he opened a showroom at 26, Place Vendôme. Linke made a huge impact at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, at which he presented vigorous reinterpretations of the Rococo style. He was ultimately honoured with a Gold medal and his success acquired wealthy patrons from across the world. He was admired so much in France that he was even awarded the 'Croix de la Légion d'Honneur' by 1906.

Literature
Christopher Payne, François Linke (1855-1946), The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, 2003.

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