A Louis XVI-style ormolu-mounted mahogany rocking cradle

BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1887

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A Louis XVI-style ormolu-mounted mahogany rocking cradle
By Henry Dasson, Paris, Dated 1887
Of oval shape, with spirally-fluted baluster gallery to the top, above tapering gadrooned upholstered sides, the raised head end with scrolled acanthus crest, with deep-buttoned cream-silk-upholstered interior, supported on a pair of square uprights joined by a bowed support, mounted to the head end with a fluted veil support with scrolled acanthus-sheathed terminal, the foot end mounted with a winged putto above an acanthus volute, on scrolled legs joined by a fluted and turned stretcher, on casters, the base of the crib inscribed henry Dasson 1887
75¾in. (192.5cm.) high, overall; 47½in. (120.6cm.) wide; 25¾in. (65.3cm.) deep

拍品專文

Henry Dasson (d. 1895), the celebrated Parisian ébéniste and bronzier, had workshops at 106, rue Vieille-du-Temple and specialised predominantly in the production of Louis XIV, XV and XVI-style furniture and objects. In 1871, he bought the workshop and remaining stock from the widow of Charles Guillaume Winckelsen, who had established a reputation for furniture of the finest quality. Dasson continued with this acclaim, exhibiting at both the 1878 and 1889 Paris Expositions Universelles.