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Louis XVI Style Mahogany Side Cabinet by Henry Dasson Et Cie, French, 1889

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Louis XVI Style Mahogany side cabinet by Henry Dasson et Cie, French, 1889. A very fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany side cabinet with an antique french marble top, by Henry Dasson. Engraved on the gilded bronze mount :Henry Dasson et Cie 1889. This fine side cabinet has an antique french marble on top and each side has has a secret drawer wich will open by pressing a pin underneath.The front doors are decorated with the fable of the fox and the stork at the Vernis Martin style. Since the painting alludes to food, it is very likely that the cabinet was made with the purpose of keeping the pottery inside, the glasses on the outer shelves and the cutlery in the secret drawers. It is an exquisite quality piece of furniture and is in excellent condition. Henry Dasson Henry Dasson (1825-1896) was one of the finest makers of gilt bronze mounted furniture in the 19th century. Unlike other cabinetmakers of this time Dasson started his career as a bronze sculptor, and for this reason one of the characteristics of his work is the great quality of his bronze and more precisely of the chiselling. With a workshop established in Paris at 106 rue Vieille-du-Temple, he specialised predominantly in the production of Louis XIV, XV and XVI style furniture using the very finest gilt bronze mounts. In 1871, he purchased the flourishing business and remaining stock of Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen, who had established a reputation for furniture of the highest quality. Dasson almost certainly inherited the Craft of ciseleur from Winckelsen. At the 1878 and 1889 Paris Expositions Universelles Dasson exhibited a number of pieces in the Louis XV and XVI styles, as well as pieces of his own modified 18th century design. The exhibits in 1878 included a table entirely in gilt bronze, purchased by Lord Dudley. His copy of the celebrated Bureau du Roi sold at the same exhibition to Lady Ashburton. Dasson ceased production in 1894, and at this time held a sale of his models, listed in Catalogues of drawings for art bronzes, style furniture and important decoration with rights of reproduction by Henry Dasson et Cie, manufacturer of art bronzes and cabinetmaker as a result of cessation of production..' The records from this sale show that Paul Sormani, as well as Joseph Emmanuel Zweiner, Maison Millet and Beurdeley acquired certain drawings and models by Dasson. Jonathan Meyer illustrates a number of exceptional items exhibited by Dasson in 1889 in his book on the Great Exhibitions. French, circa 1880.

Dimensions:

Height: 31.5 in (80 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 49.22 in (125 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Mahogany

Period:

1880-1889

Date of Manufacture:

1889

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Seller Location:

Madrid, ES

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