ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS LINKE: A NEAR PAIR OF LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY GILT BRONZE MOUNTED ROSEWOOD AND PARQUETRY ENVELOPE CARD TABLES, INDEX NO. 449 in the Louis XVI style, with cube parquetry inlay to the hinged tops enclosing gilt tooled baize lined playing surfaces, each with a single frieze drawer with ormolu mounts, over stop-fluted tapering legs terminating in toupie feet,  unextended 83cm wide x 83cm deep x 74.5cm high (2) A similar table a jeux version of the present lot, index number 449, Circa 1897, sold Sotheby's, New York, "A Private Collection, Volume I", October 26, 2006, lot 224. PROVENANCE:  One of the tables was the property of Sir John Jackson (1851-1919) thence by descent, until sold at Bonhams, London in 2013. Sir John Jackson was trained as an engineer and was responsible for several important constructions including the docks of Middlesborough and Hartlepool, the Manchester Ship Canal  and the foundations of Tower Bridge. He received a knighthood in 1895 for these and other achievements and became a M.P. for Devonport in 1910. He owned a property in Belgrave Square, London, and this table may we have been purchased for this grand house.