Games Table Stamped François Linke

Louis XV style games table from the Napoleon III period. Signed on a scrap F. Linke. In bottomless cube marquetry in rosewood. The unfolding tray with an animated shape highlighted by a bronze ingot mold. The interior is lined with green felt. (to be changed) The scalloped and slightly curved belt is extended by four arched legs. Rich ornamentation of finely chiseled gilded bronze in rocaille style. A second signature is found on the hinge: F. Linke in Paris.
The table is in good original condition and gilded bronzes in their juice.

François Linke (1855 - 1946) was undoubtedly the most important Parisian cabinetmaker of his time. First apprenticed in his hometown of Pankraz in Bohemia, Linke arrived in Paris in 1875 and founded his own workshop in 1881 at 170 rue de Faubourg Saint Antoine.