Fine Francois Linke Marble Top Kingwood Vitrine
French, late 19th century, engraved signature "F. Linke", top set with fine variegated violet to ivory (breche violette) top, fine gilt bronze mounts throughout, frieze set with young satyrs carrying a drunken Bacchus, beveled glass door opening to velvet lined and glass shelved interior, door set with bronze trophy plaque depicting lovebirds, kingwood veneers throughout, lighted interior, 58 x 26-1/2 x 15 in.Provenance: M.S. Rau, New Orleans, Louisiana (accompanied by copy of receipt dated 1994 for $35,000); Private Collection, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Condition Report: very good overall with only minor veneer cracks and flaws, later electrification (hole drilled through back)
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French, late 19th century, engraved signature "F. Linke", top set with fine variegated violet to ivory (breche violette) top, fine gilt bronze mounts throughout, frieze set with young satyrs carrying a drunken Bacchus, beveled glass door opening to velvet lined and glass shelved interior, door set with bronze trophy plaque depicting lovebirds, kingwood veneers throughout, lighted interior, 58 x 26-1/2 x 15 in.Provenance: M.S. Rau, New Orleans, Louisiana (accompanied by copy of receipt dated 1994 for $35,000); Private Collection, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Condition Report: very good overall with only minor veneer cracks and flaws, later electrification (hole drilled through back)