A FINE LOUIS XIV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID EBONISED 'BOULLE' CENTRE-TABLE

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A FINE LOUIS XIV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID EBONISED 'BOULLE' CENTRE-TABLE

BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FINE LOUIS XIV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID EBONISED 'BOULLE' CENTRE-TABLE
By Henry Dasson, Paris, Last quarter 19th Century
The rectangular green granite top inset within a gadrooned edge, above a frieze inlaid with scrolling foliage, the front and reverse each centred by a Bacchic mask flanked by acanthus, on heavy inlaid square tapering legs with Ionic and acanthus-cast capitals, joined by a scrolled 'X'-shaped stretcher, on square tapering acanthus-cast feet, the top of the carcass stamped twice HENRY DASSON
36¼ in. (92 cm.) high; 47¼ in. (120 cm.) wide; 36¼ in. (92 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Henry Dasson (d. 1896) is recorded as having worked in Paris at 106, rue Vieille-du-Temple. Dasson specialized in reproducing a wide range of furniture and objets d'art of high quality in the style 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 Expositions from 1878 until 1895. The firm's output was distinquished particularly by the fine quality of its ormolu mounts. The business continued until 1894, when a sale of remaining stock was held (see D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIX Sicle, Paris, 1984, pp. 146-151).

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