A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD BLACK LACQUER MAHOGANY, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY TABLE DE MILIEU

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A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD BLACK LACQUER MAHOGANY, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY TABLE DE MILIEU
BY HENRY DASSON, 1878

The ormolu-molded rectangular top with D-shaped ends, centrally inlaid with stained and engraved woods with a fruiting bouquet on trellis-pattern parquetry above a conforming frieze fitted centrally with a spring-activated drawer fitted with an early 19th Century Japanese black lacquer panel depicting exotic flowers flanked by drawers, on turned tapering fluted legs with toupie feet and pierced H-stretcher centering an urn, inscribed Henry Dasson 1878 and twice stamped 'HENRY DASSON 1878'--29¼in. (74.2cm.) high, 56in. (142.2cm.) wide, 18¼in. (46.3cm.) deep

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Henry Dasson (1825-1896), is recorded as having worked in Paris at 106 rue Vieille-du-Temple. In 1878 he exhibited at the Exposition universelle, after which the Dasson name became renowned. 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. Cf. D. Ledoux Lebard, Le Mobilier Français Du XIXe Siècle, 1984, pp. 146-151.

A closely related table de milieu by Charles Winckelsen is illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard Le Mobilier Français Du XIXe Siècle, 1984, p. 636. It is known that Dasson purchased Winckelson's atelier in 1871 and was undoubtedly influenced by existing earlier models. A virtually identical table de milieu attributed to Charles Winckelsen was sold these Rooms 25 April 1994, lot 455.