LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Ormolu-mounted Kingwood

Measurements:

40.55 in. (103.00 cm.) (height) by 27.17 in. (69.00 cm.) (width) by 22.83 in. (58.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

the proper right arm terminal signed 'F. Linke'

Exhibited:

Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900 (the model).

Literature:

C. Payne, François Linke 1855-1946 – The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 147, 150, p 152 (pl. 159) illustrated.

Provenance:

Probably originally bought by Solomon Barnato Joel (1865-1931), 2 Great Stanhope Street, Mayfair, London, Great Britain, and thereafter untraced, or by Antonio Devoto, Palacio Devoto, Calle San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina and sold El Regio Mobiliario de la sucesion de la Senore Condesa Elina Pombo de Devoto, J. C. Naon & Cia, 24-26 November 1924, lot 99. Private collection at the Cartier Mansion; New York City, USA, by the 1980s. The Property of a Private Foundation; Sotheby’s, London, 27 September 1991, lot 34. Private Japanese collection; until acquired by the present owner.