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Lot Essay
Henry Dasson (1825-1896) is recorded as having worked in Paris at 106, rue Vieille-du-Temple and specialised in the production of works from the Garde Meuble National. In 1871 Dasson bought the workshop and stock for 14,000 francs from the widow of the ébéniste Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen. Wasting no time in building upon the expertise of such a well-established firm, Dasson quickly became renowned for producing furniture and objets d'art of the very highest quality and became particularly distinguished for the fine quality of his ormolu mounts.
It may be that critic Louis Gonse had in mind this pair of cabinets, which bear the date 1878, when he commented of Dasson's participation in the Paris Exposition Universelle of that year: "nouveau venu dans la carrière industrielle Henry Dasson s'est rapidement crée par la perfection de ses oeuvres une très haute situation à laquelle nous applaudissons chaleureusement."
Dasson was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1883 and was awarded the Grand Prix Artistique at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. The business continued until 1894, when a sale of remaining stock was held (see D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siècle , Paris, 1984, pp. 146-151).
It may be that critic Louis Gonse had in mind this pair of cabinets, which bear the date 1878, when he commented of Dasson's participation in the Paris Exposition Universelle of that year: "nouveau venu dans la carrière industrielle Henry Dasson s'est rapidement crée par la perfection de ses oeuvres une très haute situation à laquelle nous applaudissons chaleureusement."
Dasson was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1883 and was awarded the Grand Prix Artistique at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. The business continued until 1894, when a sale of remaining stock was held (see D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIX