A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT APPLIQUE

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A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT APPLIQUE
DATED 1881, BY HENRY DASSON

The rectangular tapering backplate cast with monnaie beneath a term figure of a putto supporting foliate cast 'S' form candlearms ending in fluted bobêches, headed by a corinthian capital surmounted by a classical urn en flambeau flanked by greek key handles suspending berried laurel swags, inscribed 'Henry Dasson 1881'--38.5in. (98cm.) high

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Henry Dasson (1825-1896), is recorded as having worked in Paris at 106, Rue Vielle-du-Temple. Dasson specialized in reproducing a wide range of furniture and objets d'art of high quality in the styles of Louis XIV, XV and XVI, often directly copying known pieces. He purchased the firm of the ébéniste Charles Winckelsen upon his death in 1870, and produced an impressive range of pieces for the Paris Exhibitions from 1878 until 1895. The firm's output was distinguished particularly by the fine quality of its ormolu mounts(See D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siècle, 1984, pp. 146-151).