Lot 9
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND AMBOYNA MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY 'COFFRE A BIJOUX'
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND AMBOYNA MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY 'COFFRE A BIJOUX'
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND AMBOYNA MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY 'COFFRE A BIJOUX'
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND AMBOYNA MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY 'COFFRE A BIJOUX'
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND AMBOYNA MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY 'COFFRE A BIJOUX'

AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1883

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND AMBOYNA MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY 'COFFRE A BIJOUX'
AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1883
The hinged top with floral bouquets and musical trophy, a mirror-plate to the reverse, over a leather writing slide, a simulated drawer and a further two drawers, the sides each with a drawer, on slight cabriole legs with foliate-cast feet, the left side molding signed h. Dasson.1883 and the underside stamped HENRY DASSON/1883
29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high, 18 in. (45.5 cm.) wide, 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Christie's, London, 1 October 2002, lot 90.

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Lot Essay

Henry Dasson (d. 1896), the celebrated and prolific Parisian bronzier and ébéniste, specialized in the production of celebrated ancien régime furniture and objects. This charming jewelry cabinet is based on a design by Jean-Henri Riesener from circa 1775 and is very similar to the one sold Christie's, Monaco, 17 June 2000, lot 363. Another 19th century example of the same model is illustrated in C. Payne, European Furniture of the 19th Century, Woodbridge, 2013, p. 216.

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