Live Auction 3479An American Dynasty: The Clark Family Treasures
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, BURR WALNUT, SYCAMORE AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY SERRE-BIJOUX
Lot 51

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, BURR WALNUT, SYCAMORE AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY SERRE-BIJOUX

BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1880, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER

Closed18 June 2014

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, BURR WALNUT, SYCAMORE AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY SERRE-BIJOUX
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1880, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER
The hinged top inlaid with a musical trophy opening to a mirrored reverse, above a writing slide, and a pair of drawers, each side set with a short drawer, on cabriole legs, stamped to the underside HENRY DASSON/1880, signed to the upper left molding henry.Dasson 1880
29½ in. (75 cm.) high, 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide, 13¼ in. (34 cm.) deep

Anna Eugenia Clark (1878-1963).

Specialist note

Henry Dasson (d.1896), the celebrated and prolific Parisian bronzier and ébéniste, specialized in the production of Ancien Régime style furniture and objects. This charming jewelry cabinet is based on a design by Jean-Henri Riesener from circa 1775, 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.