REF NO : B73890

弗朗索瓦-林克

一个非常罕见和重要的路易十五风格的中心桌

法国,约1920年

£160,000

A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Table, By François Linke, the Mounts Designed by Léon Messagé. Linke Index No. 930. Signed 'Linke' to the upper...

尺寸

Height: 75 cm (30 in)
Width: 100 cm (40 in)
深度:61厘米(25英寸)
REF NO : B73890

描述

A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Table, By François Linke, the Mounts Designed by Léon Messagé.

Linke Index No. 930.
Signed ‘Linke’ to the upper bronze moulding.
Stamped ‘FL’ to the reverse of the bronze mounts.
Stamped to the carcass ‘Made in France’.

Of exhibition quality this magnificent table has a fine marquetry inlaid top and sumptuous gilt-bronze mounts, designed and sculpted by Léon Messagé. The shaped gilt-bronze mounted serpentine top is finely inlaid with scrolling bois de bout floral marquetry, above an undulating frieze set to the front with a long drawer and centred by a female mask, the sides are mounted with exuberant scallop-shell mounts and the angles with lively and emotive female espagnolettes emblematic of Modestie and Coquetterie; the table is raised on cabriole legs terminating in shell-capped scrolled sabots.

A rare example in Linke’s oeuvre, the table is a variation of a larger example index number 930, described by Linke as modèle riche, which included an elaborate stretcher with banner-bearing cherubs based on Léon Messagé’s celebrated sculptural group ‘La Source’ (illustrated C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003; p.172, Pl. 186). Linke workshop’s cliché of the larger modèle riche is illustrated in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003; p.483.

The exceptional sculptural mounts are characteristic of the very finest 19th Century furniture created through François Linke and Léon Messagé’s collaboration. Messagé’s enhanced Louis XV Rococo style embraces the asymmetrical lines of designers such as J.A. Meissonnier, to create lively and emotive figures linked by sinuous encadrement, but cleverly modernised to reflect the surge of popularity of the Art Nouveau.

The female busts, referred to by Linke as Coquetterie et Modestie, although reminiscent of the paintings of François Boucher and Flaconet have moved on in their design from the classical espagnolette, introduced by Charles Cressent in the 18th century, to become something new and vital.

Designed for the celebrated ‘Commode coquille: Coquetterie et Modestie’ (index 559), presented at his award-winning stand at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, (C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003; p.142-144, pl. 151), Linke was obliged to purchase their design at a tremendous cost from Messagé. First castings began in 1897 and they proved fruitful for Linke, becoming a favourite mount, repurposed by Linke for use on a number of important designs.

The larger version of the current table was intended to be displayed en suite with the commode but was not ready in time for the exhibition. It was first exhibited at the Salon des Industries du Mobilier in 1902, and again in Liège in 1905 (C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003; p. 170-173).

Available in three sizes, 132 cm x 72 cm, 138 x 75 cm and an even larger version (index no. 965) the design proved popular with Linke’s clientele, which included commissions supplied to Elias Meyer in 1909 (Illustrated C. Payne; p.243, pl. 258), Madame d’Astoreca in 1910, Antonio Devoto in 1913 and for King Fuad I’s study at Ras al-Tin, Alexandria, Egypt in the 1920s , (Illustrated C. Payne; p.289, pl. 300).

The present example with its attractive size and absence of a stretcher is a very rare variation with only one other recorded example, a special commission for Ethel Pissis, an American divorcée from San Francisco who married François Linke’s second son Charles in March 1931. (C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003; p. 319).

France, Circa 1910.

日期

约1920年

原产地

法国

中型

镶嵌和镀金铜

签名

The upper molding signed 'Linke' and stamped 'FL' to the reverse of the bronze mounts.

弗朗索瓦-林克

弗朗索瓦-林克(1855-1946)是十九世纪末和二十世纪初最重要的巴黎橱柜制造商,也可能是他那个时期最受欢迎的橱柜制造商。

他于1855年出生在现在的捷克共和国的潘克拉兹小村庄。记录显示,林克曾在橱柜制造大师诺伊曼那里当过学徒,然后在1875年20岁时来到巴黎,在那里一直生活到1946年去世。

据了解,早在1881年,新生的林克作坊就活跃在巴黎的圣安托万大街(Faubourg Saint Antoine),在此期间,他为其他更成熟的制造商如扬森和克里格提供家具。

林克的工艺质量是他同时代的任何一个人都无法超越的,他在1900年巴黎世界博览会上的壮观展台达到了顶峰,他的Grand Bureau获得了金奖。他在这个展台上赌上了自己的财富和声誉,展出了几件令人叹为观止的家具,并配有质量和比例都很出色的雕塑支架。他的赌博成功了,他的声誉也建立起来了,以至于林克一直是巴黎最杰出的家具公司,直到第二次世界大战。

正如《艺术杂志》在1900年对林克的展台所做的报道一样。
林克先生的作品......是一个例子,说明在路易十五和十六的经典作品中寻找灵感,而不是在很大程度上复制这些伟大的作品,是可以做到的。林克先生的作品是真正意义上的原创,因此,对于追求展览中真正的艺术作品的聪明人来说,他是值得称赞的。在制作所展示的宏伟的家具时,运用了神奇的天赋,....。

林克独特风格的形成得益于他与雕塑家Léon Messagé的合作。林克和梅萨盖一起为林克1900年的展台设计了家具,高浮雕的寓言式人物栩栩如生,体现了林克将木雕、青铜和镶嵌等不同媒介无缝融合为一个动态统一整体的能力。

今天,林克最出名的是他的作品质量特别高,以及他的个人主义和创造性。他的所有作品都有最精美、最豪华的装潢,经常应用于相对简单的胴体上。他的作品在技术上的辉煌和所代表的艺术变革是永远不会被重复的。

参考文献。
Payne, Christopher.弗朗索瓦-林克,(1855 - 1946),《法国家具的美好时代》,古董收藏家俱乐部,(英国Woodbridge),2003。
梅耶,乔纳森.伟大的展览 - 伦敦,纽约,巴黎,费城,1851-1900,古董收藏家俱乐部,(英国Woodbridge),2006;第298 - 300页。
Ledoux - Lebard, Denise.Les Ébénistes du XIXe siècle, Les Editions de l'Amateur, (Paris), 1984; pp.439-43。
Revue Artistique & Industrielle,(巴黎),1900年7-8月。
Coral Thomsen, D. (ed), The Paris Exhibition 1900, The Art Journal, 1901; p.341.

文学

Payne, Christopher. François Linke, (1855 – 1946), The Belle Époque of French Furniture, Antique Collectors’ Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2003.
Meyer, Jonathan. Great Exhibitions – London, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, 1851-1900, Antique Collectors’ Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2006; p.300, J29.

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