François Linke. Paris. Ca. 1895. Kingwood. Fire gilded bronze, marble plate, mirror glass, glass. High rectangular form with slightly curved feet and glazed on three sides and with mirrored rearside and three glass shelves. The lower end with applied medallion between tendrils and ribbon. On top playing cupids. On the other sides garlands and on top small fauns with rods and festoons. 149x62x36cm. Signed on the bronze mounting on the upper right side \"F.Linke\". Buckle & key with no.381. Provenance: Private collection Rhineland. Literature: Ledoux-Lebard: Le Mobilier Français Du XIXe Siècle, Paris 1989 for François Linke, see pp. 439-444. François Linke, originally born in Bohemia, came to Paris in 1875 as part of his apprenticeship and travelling. There he founded his furniture manufactory in 1881, with which he quickly became very successful and was one of the leading ebenists of his time. In 1900, he exhibited at the Paris World Exhibition for the first time and won a gold medal with a very unusual piece of furniture in the Louis XV style. His furniture is characterised by its exquisite craftsmanship, which is second to none. Explanations to the Catalogue François Linke Furniture