FAUTEUIL "A LA REINE"

FAUTEUIL "A LA REINE",

Louis XVI style, signed F. LINKE A PARIS (François Linke, Pankrác 1855-1946 Paris), after models by G. JACOB (Georges Jacob, maître 1765), Paris ca. 1900.

Fluted beech, finely carved with pearl beading, rosettes and decorative frieze. Light beige silk velour cover with a polychrome, geometric pattern.

64x52x49x96 cm.

Provenance:
- Hans Bieder AG, Liestal.
- from a private collection, Basel, purchased at the above-mentioned address on 1 February 1988.

Ref.: C. Payne, François Linke 1855-1946 - The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge 2003; p. 435 (with a depiction of a similar fauteuil).