A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ENCOIGNURES
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1877, IN THE MANNER OF MARTIN CARLIN
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Price Realised GBP 12,600
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GBP 12,000 - GBP 18,000
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ENCOIGNURES
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1877, IN THE MANNER OF MARTIN CARLIN
These encoignures of exquisite quality are typical of the output of Henri Dasson. Renowned for the exceptional standard of the ormolu mounts he used, Dasson specialised in copies of Louis XIV, XV and XVI furniture, but he also manipulated 18th century designs to his own taste. The mounts on these encoignures are designed exactly after the mounts on a famous pair of ormolu-mounted lacquer encoignures made in circa 1785 by Martin Carlin for the grand cabinet of Victoire-Louise-Marie-Thérèse of France, Louis XVI's aunt at the château de Bellevue and now in the Louvre (OA 5499 1). The mahogany veneers however, recall the work of Carlin's contemporary Adam Weisweiler and in particular a pair of encoignures made circa 1782 for the duchesse de Polignac, currently in the collection of the château de Versailles (V1857;Vmb1802).
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Good overall condition. Inevitable marks, scratches and shrinkage cracks consistent with age and use. Some repaired cracks to the marble tops with associated infill. The back section of one marble top with vertical repaired strip. Ormolu mounts with some wear and tarnishing.
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Lot 80Sale 21905
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1877, IN THE MANNER OF MARTIN CARLINA PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ENCOIGNURESEstimate: GBP 12,000 - 18,000
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