BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1878

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BURR AMBOYNA VITRINE CABINET
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1878
The shaped brocatelle Violette d'Espagne marble top above a bowed case set with two later glass shelves, with caryatid angle mounts, above a frieze drawer centred by a panel of cloud borne putti with musical attributes, over four tapering legs joined by an undertier with inset Brocatelle Violette du Jura marble top, the right side of the frieze moulding signed and dated 'henry Dasson 1878'
66 ¼ in. (168.5 cm.) high; 43 ¾ in. (111 cm.) wide; 14 ¾ in. (37.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The atelier of Henry Dasson is distinguished by the fine quality of its ormolu. Here Dasson takes inspiration from the celebrated Louis XVI maître Adam Weisweiler and his marchand-mercier, Dominique Daguerre, borrowing the ormolu corner columns, headed by basket bearing caryatids, from the famous table de dame made by Weisweiler for Marie-Antoinette at the Château de Saint-Cloud. Another example of this vitrine, of rare trapezoid shape, sold Christie’s, London, 11 March 2015, lot 197 (£81,700).

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