A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, MAHOGANY, SYCAMORE AND BOIS SATINE PARQUETRY CENTRE TABLE

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. The firm's output was distinguished particularly by the fine quality of its ormolu mounts. Dasson exhibited and was awarded at the Paris Expositions from 1878 until 1895. In 1870 Dasson purchased the firm of the ébéniste Charles Winckelsen upon his death, and this model of Louis XVI table was first made by Winckelsen, an example with Sèvres biscuit porcelain plaques is illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le mobilier français du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 636. A nearly identical example by Dasson and dated the same year as the present lot, but with variations to mounts and with lacquer panels to freize, is illustrated in C. Payne, Paris Furniture: The luxury market of the 19th century, 2018, p. 316 and sold Property from an Ohio Estate; Christie’s, New York, 14-15 April 2011, lot 177 ($52,500).