Live Auction 5706The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
A MATCHED PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY TABLES AMBULANTES
Lot 53 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION

A MATCHED PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY TABLES AMBULANTES

BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1879 AND 1880

Closed20 September 2012

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GBP 15,000

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A MATCHED PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY TABLES AMBULANTES
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1879 AND 1880
Each with a rounded rectangular top centred by a floral spray with ormolu surround, one signed 'henry Dasson, 1879', the other 'henry Dasson, 1880' above a side drawer, on slender cabriole legs with rockwork clasps terminating in foliate sabots, joined by a lattice-galleried lower tier
28 in. (71 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) wide; 10 3/8 (26.5 cm.) deep (2)

Specialist note

A single example of this model by Dasson, dated 1881, sold Christie's, London, 15 March 2012, lot 83 (£8,125).