Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Side Cabinet by Henry Dasson, French, circa 1880

$66,007.49
£48,000
€56,507.43
CA$90,386.37
A$100,492.38
CHF 52,601.70
MX$1,232,505.73
NOK 669,752.66
SEK 632,325.88
DKK 421,676.97
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

A very fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany side cabinet with a Brèche Violette marble top, by Henry Dasson. Stamped to the top of the carcass ‘Henry Dasson’. This fine side cabinet has a moulded brèche Violette marble top above a frieze drawer with scrolling foliate running pattern centering on a mask. Below is cupboard door with a gilt bronze ribbon-tied foliate wreath with a pair of doves perched on Cupid’s bow, an arrow-quiver and a flaming torch, the interior with two shelves. The rounded sides are fitted with further cupboard doors centred by pomegranate and leaf-cast paterae, each enclosing a single shelf. The cabinet is raised on toupie feet. 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.
  • Creator:
    Henry Dasson (Cabinetmaker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 50.4 in (128 cm)Width: 71.66 in (182 cm)Depth: 25.99 in (66 cm)
  • Style:
    Louis XVI (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1880
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Brighton, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: B695311stDibs: LU1028017083181

More From This Seller

View All
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode, Attributed to Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany commode, in the manner of Martin Carlin, attributed to Henry Dasson. The lockplate signed to the reverse 'Duvivier, Paris'. The design for this elegant commode is taken from the celebrated lacquer model by Martin Carlin delivered in 1785 to Madame Victoire, daughter of Louis XV, for her use in the 'grand cabinet' at the Château de Bellevue and today in the collections of the Louvre (OA 5498). This commode with its Fine gilt bronze mounts and superb quality of construction was undoubtedly made in one of the leading Parisian workshops towards the end of the 19th century. .A popular model versions were made by many of the most important haute luxe...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany And Lacquer Commode à Vantaux
By Hubert-Joseph Heubès
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany And Lacquer Commode à Vantaux After The Model by Weisweiler, by Hubert-Joseph Heubès. The carcass stamped 'HEUBES' and bearing ...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Parquetry, Gilt-Bronze and Lacquer Mounted Petit Secretaire Cabi
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Parquetry, Gilt-Bronze and Lacquer Mounted Petit Secretaire Cabinet, Attributed to Maison Beurdeley. Stamped to the reverse of the bronze mounts to the botto...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Plum-Pudding Mahogany Bas d’Armoire, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted plum-pudding mahogany Bas d’Armoire. French, circa 1880. The lock stamped ‘DUBOIS FT A PARIS’. This fine cabinet has a rectangular top...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Bronze

A Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Small Gilt-Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode With a Grey Marble Top. This fine commode has a shaped grey marble top with canted corners, above a frieze with a gilt-...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Neoclassical Commode in the Manner of Riesener, circa 1890
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style mahogany and Marquetry Inlaid neoclassical breakfront commode in the manner of Jean-Henri Riesener. French, circa 189...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

You May Also Like

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Ormolu Commode À Porte
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, ormolu Commode à Porte, after a model by Joseph Stöckel and Guillau...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI style mahogany cabinet
Located in Cheshire, GB
Louis XVI style mahogany credenza with profuse all-over ormolu mounts having a shaped white well-figured breakfront marble top. Above a single frieze drawer with floral swags over a ...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Sideboards

Materials

Wood

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble Buffet
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany, ormolu and marble buffet attributed to Linke. The demi lune shaped buffet is raised by fine circular tapered legs with wrap around ormolu sabots and decorative ormolu top caps. Above the frieze is a delicate ormolu band and three doors. Each door is decorated with richly chased ormolu swaging floral garlands and recessed panels framed in an ormolu band. Above is a wonderful ormolu plaque of cherubs playing outside...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Buffets

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI Directoire Style Mahogany and Brass Mounted Cabinet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 42 1/4 in W: 23 3/4 in D: 17 in Louis XVI Directoire Style Mahogany and Brass Mounted Music Cabinet – Elegant Neoclassical Storage with Versatile Functionality Add...
Category

20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Style Side Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century side cabinet, having a white marble top, gilded ormolu scrolling mounts to the frieze, various exotic woods to the parquetry and marquetry inlay, a S...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets

Materials

Tulipwood

French Louis XVI Style Mahogany & Gilt-Bronze Mounted Server Commode
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French Louis XVI style mahogany and gilt-bronze mounted two-door and two-drawer server commode with a brêche violette marble top, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The twin front doors, concealing a single shelf interior, each centered with an applied spray of flowers and hummingbirds...
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Ormolu