A French 19th century Transitional st. Ormolu and Tulipwood cabinet/vitrine, signed Henry Dasson 1886

List: $79,800.00

A stunning and high quality French 19th century Transitional st. Ormolu and Tulipwood cabinet/vitrine, signed Henry Dasson 1886. This beautiful tall rectangular three door vitrine is supported by four Tulipwood cabriole legs and wrap around Ormolu sabots with scrolling designs. The arbalest shaped frieze is decorated with a fine Ormolu edge and a central reserve of scrolled foliate designs. The two sides have similar decorations with their arbalest shape and Ormolu edges. The body has protruding Tulipwood columns running up each corner with pierced scrolling foliate decorations on the plinth and capital. The four columns flank the two side panels as well as the three front facing doors. The center glass door displays a mottled edge and Ormolu frame with four interior shelves and a foliate decorated keyhole escutcheons on the left side. On either side of the glass door are quarter veneered doors with recessed panels and mottled Ormolu edges as well as a keyhole on the left side of the right door. Both side panels are decorated in the same fashion with their recessed quarter veneers and Ormolu edges. The top has a plateau shape with quarter veneered Tulipwood and a two-level Ormolu gallery surrounding.

Henry Dasson (1825–1896) was a renowned 19th century Parisian maker of gilt-bronze mounted furniture. Dasson specialized in the production of Louis XIV, XV and XVI styles, using the finest gilt-bronze mounts and was recognized as a brilliant bronzier.  Dasson was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur in 1883 and was awarded the Grand Prix Artistique at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle.

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Item # 13388
H: 68.75 in L: 59.75 in D: 18 in
H: 175 cm L: 152 cm D: 46 cm
France
19th Century
Glass, Mirror, Ormolu, Tulipwood
Louis XVI st. Read More

(Louis XVI st.) - Also known as Louis Seize, Louis XVI's style is a style of architecture, furniture, decoration, and art created during Louis XVI’s 19-year reign in France, just before the French Revolution. Thought to be a reaction and juxtaposition to the prior more elaborate styles, Louis XVI style developed at the end of the Baroque Period and continued until the birth of French Neoclassicism. King Louis XVI showed little enthusiasm for the old world styles of the Baroque Period and he sought out a create a new “beau ideal” that focused on the purity and grandeur of Ancient Romans and Greeks. Inspired by Ancient Roman architecture and art, distinct features of the Louis XVI style are linear lines, small repeated motifs, floral medallions hanging from ribbons, acanthus leaves, urns, dolphins, ram, and lion heads, and griffins. Greco-Roman elements, often used in earlier and later French styles, were also quick common and included fluted and twisted columns, Caryathids, and corbels.

Henry Dasson Read More

Henry Dasson (1825–1896) was a renowned 19th century Parisian maker of gilt-bronze mounted furniture. Unlike other cabinetmakers of the time Dasson began his career as a bronze sculptor, and consequently one characteristic of his work is the quality of his bronze and more precisely of the chasing. Dasson specialized in the production of Louis XIV, XV and XVI style furniture using the finest gilt-bronze mounts, and was recognized as a brilliant ‘ébéniste and bronzier’.  He participated in the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle and exhibited a number of pieces in the Louis XV and XVI styles, as well as pieces of his own modified 18th century designs. Including a table entirely in gilt-bronze, purchased by Lord Dudley. His copy of the celebrated ‘Bureau du Roi’ sold to Lady Ashburton. His works prompted critic Louis Gonse to comment: “newcomer Henri Dasson is rapidly rising to great heights through the perfection of his high quality creations, we warmly applaud him” Dasson was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1883 and was awarded the Grand Prix Artistique at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle.

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