Each with circular brèche violette marble top, on four outscrolled supports, the underside of one with adhesive label inscribed '7314' in black ink
14¹⁄₄. (36.2 cm.) high, 16³⁄₄ in. (42.5 cm.) square

Anonymous Sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21 October 2009, lot 146 ($68,500).

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The present lot is a rare example of François Linke’s giltwood furniture, and the model which Payne cites as being produced only five times. These first pair of these porte potiches were made in 1908 for the extravagant Elias Meyer mansion on Grosvenor Square, London. Linke repurchased these from Mr. Meyer’s widow in 1926 and manufactured the final example in 1927. An example of the form, as well as the clichéfor this model, are illustrated in C. Payne, François Linke, The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, pp. 432 & 505.