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An Ormolu Mounted Vitrine by Henry Dasson, after a model by Adam Weisweiler ( 1881 )
| Artists: |
HENRY DASSON (born 1825) |
| Dimensions: | 72.00cm wide 147.00cm high 39.00cm deep (28.35 inches wide 57.87 inches high 15.35 inches deep) |
| Description: |
Born in 1825, Dasson became known as one of the finest makers of gilt-bronze in the Nineteenth Century. With a workshop established at 106 rue Vieille-du-Temple, Paris, he specialised predominantly in the production of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI style furniture using the very finest ormolu mounts with high quality mercurial gilding. In 1871, he purchased the flourishing business and remaining stock of Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen, who had established a reputation for furniture of the highest quality. Dasson almost certainly inherited the craft of 'ciseleur' from Winckelsen. Dasson exhibited a number of pieces at the 1878 Paris Exhibition of Louis XV and XVI styles as well as pieces of his own modified eighteenth century design. The exhibits included a table entirely in gilt-bronze, purchased by Lord Dudley 'un chef-d'oeuvre de ciseleur'. His copy of the celebrated 'Bureau du Roi', sold at the same exhibition to Lady Ashbuton, was cited and 'n'egale-t-elle pas l'original pour la delicatesse et le fini du travail'. French, Dated 1881. |
| Literature: | Ledoux-Lebard, Denise, ‘Les Ebenistes du XIXeme siecle’, page 146. |
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