Online Auction 20673The Collector: English & European Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A FINE FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
Lot 182

A FINE FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE

AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1881

Closed5 April 2022

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A FINE FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1881
The rectangular top with pierced three-quarter gallery, over a frieze drawer and paneled sides each centered with a Minerva mask, the angles profusely mounted with flowering bouquets, on fluted legs entwined with floral garlands connected by a stretcher, ending in casters, the left side of molding signed 'henry Dasson. 1881', stamped twice to the underside 'HENRY DASSON 1881'
30 in. (76 cm.) high, 23 3⁄4 in. (58 cm.) wide, 16 1⁄2 in. (42 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The present table is a direct copy of Jean-Henri Riesener's original supplied in 1780 for Marie-Antoinette's cabinet intérieur at Versailles. This highly popular model was produced by the preeminent ébénistes of the mid-to-late 19th century, including the very fine replica offered here by Henry Dasson. Further tables were produced by E.-Guillaume-Edmond Lexcellent and Gervais Durand, an example of which sold Christie's, New York, 21 October 2015, lot 76 ($43,750).

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