Bureau plat Lot n° 247

of middle, with inlaid decoration of cubes without bottom out of wood of violet in frames of rosewood. The rectangular top is covered with brown leather gilded with small irons and is surrounded by a bronze mold, the corners highlighted with staples decorated with male heads. It opens with three drawers, the central one slightly recessed and presents identical false drawers simulated on the visitor side. It rests on four cambered feet underlined by masks of satyrs arranged in falls. Ornamentation of chased and gilded bronzes drawing frames, large acanthus leaves underlining the side drawers, bearded masks on the sides, mobile draw handles, cartouche lock entries, leafy sabots. Around 1900, Louis XV style, signed Linke engraved on the lingotière H : 75,5 - W : 141 - D : 80 cm Wear Desk close to the one used by François Linke in his personal cabinet, referenced n° 133 and created in 1892 Bibliography: Christopher Payne, François Linke 1855 - 1946, The story of index number 133, pages 438-439.