Live Auction 15491The Collector: Silver &19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT APPLIQUES
Lot 641

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT APPLIQUES

BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1880

Closed24 May 2018

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT APPLIQUES
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1880
Each modelled as a caryatid figure, one male, the other female, supporting two branches in one hand, three in the other, each branch with a circular drip-pan and a baluster nozzle, the scrolled acanthus body with a foliate terminal, each signed on the lower right edge 'henry Dasson 1880', drilled for electricity
42 in. (106.5 cm.) high; 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) wide; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
C. Mestdagh, L'Ameublement d'Art Français 1850-1900, Paris, 2010, p. 159

These large wall-lights are representative of the high quality bronze work for which Henry Dasson is famed. They are modelled with term figures of Zephir and Flora and reprise the French early 18th century model in the J. Paul Getty Museum (85.DF383.1-2).