M & J Duncan Antiques

Artist / Maker / Factory

HENRY DASSON (born 1825)

Medium / Material

mahogany , porcelain

Dimensions

37.46cm wide   70.48cm high (14.75 inches wide  27.75 inches high)

Description

A fine pair of Louis XVI style ormolu line mounted gueridons by Henry Dasson each with circular ormolu – moulded brocatelle violette marble tops on twinned simulated bamboo columnar uprights joined by a tripartite undertier, on spayed feet bearing the stamp Henry Dasson.

Literature

The design for the present occasional table relates to the gueridon doubles colonettes, an innovation of the celebrated Parisian ebeniste, Adam Weisweiler (maitre 1778). With the common feature being its twin 'bamboo' supports, Weisweiler produced several variations of the table, some having a porcelain or Wedgwood inset top, others inset with marble, lapis lazuli or even lacquer. Examples are known to have been supplied to Madame du Barry and the Comte Skavronsky.

Henry Dasson (d.1896), the celebrated Parisian ebeniste and bronzier had workshops at 106, rue Vieille du Temple, and specialised in the production of Louis XIV, XV and XVI style furniture and objects, either making direct copies of Royal furniture, or re-interpreting the original models. In 1871 he purchased the workshop and stock from the widow of Charles – Guillaume Winckelsen, who had established a reputation for furniture of the highest quality, Dasson’s highly successful business continued until two years before his death, when a sale of his remaining inventory was held