Henry Dasson, (1825-1896), is recorded as having worked in Paris at 106 rue Vieille-du-Temple. In 1871, he purchased the atelier of the ébeniste Charles Winckelsen upon his death and inherited the craft of ciseleur. In 1878 he exhibited at the Exposition universelle, after which the Dasson name became well known. Until the firm closed in 1894, he created fine reproductions and interpretations of 18th Century furniture in the styles of Louis XIV, XV and XVI.

The offered lot bears the familiar signature 'Henry Dasson' as illustrated in Christoper Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, 1989, p. 35.