A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1877
The rectangular leather-lined top with a three-quarter gallery above a frieze drawer hung with ribbon-tied drapery, the frieze inset with fluted gilt bronze panels divided by alternate sprays of husks, berries and leaves on fluted tapering legs with Ionic capitals and leaf-cast sabots, stamped and dated twice 'HENRY DASSON/ 1877' to the underside
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) high; 43 in. (110 cm.) wide; 23 ¾ in. (60.5 cm.) deep
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1877
The rectangular leather-lined top with a three-quarter gallery above a frieze drawer hung with ribbon-tied drapery, the frieze inset with fluted gilt bronze panels divided by alternate sprays of husks, berries and leaves on fluted tapering legs with Ionic capitals and leaf-cast sabots, stamped and dated twice 'HENRY DASSON/ 1877' to the underside
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) high; 43 in. (110 cm.) wide; 23 ¾ in. (60.5 cm.) deep