DORLÉANS (XIXth-XXth) - BRONZIER-MÉTALLIER FOR THE LINKE HOU - Lot 123

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DORLÉANS (XIXth-XXth) - BRONZIER-MÉTALLIER FOR THE LINKE HOU - Lot 123
DORLÉANS (XIXth-XXth) - BRONZIER-MÉTALLIER FOR THE LINKE HOUSE "Iris" offered in 1922 to François Linke, possibly unique piece Table lamp. Proof in gilded bronze. Marked with the sending - May this flower testify my gratitude to Mr. LINKE for his constant benevolence - signed and dated DORLÉANS 1922, in engraving under the base. H.: 39,5 cm. History : Our Iris lamp was most probably offered to François Linke by Dorléans in 1922 after the confidence Linke had shown in him during the very important order of the King of Egypt Fouad I placed that year for his Palace in Egypt. Provenance : - François Linke. - Important Bordeaux collection around the Art Nouveau. Dorléans, bronze and metal craftsman [Dorléans was one of the most dedicated craftsmen of the Linke company, and the foreman of the metal workshop, in which he worked for at least seventy-two years, and was distinguished by his nomination as "Artisan de France" at the Exposition du Travail" in November 1924. Dorléans lived at 27 rue de Citeaux, just around the corner from of the Linke workshop. He created small bronze objects for the Linke family, one of which, a small hand mirror, is still kept by the family, and in 1931 at the golden wedding of François and Julie Linke, the team gave a gift to the couple, engraved with a poem by the loving Dorléans]. In - François Linke, 1855-1946, The Belle Époque of French Furniture - Christopher Payne, ACC Art books, London, 1999.
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