A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE

BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1882

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1882
The serpentine shaped brèche d'Alp marble top above a pair of half-glazed and quarter-veneered panelled doors, enclosing four shelves, divided by a female mask issuing a foliate trail, the sides quarter veneered, the front angles headed by rocaille cast clasps running to scrolled legs with acanthus sabots, the shaped apron centred by a mount of a nymph flanked by putto, the backboards stamped 'HENRY DASSON 1882'
59½ in. (151 cm.) high; 66½ in. (169 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

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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 distinguished 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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