The serpentine shaped brèche d'Alep marble top above a pair of half-glazed and quarter-veneered panelled doors, enclosing four shelves, the front centred by a female mask issuing a foliate trail, the sides quarter veneered, the front angles headed by rocaille cast clasps running to scrolled legs with acanthus sabots, the shaped apron centred by a mount of a nymph flanked by putti, stamped '1882 / HENRY DASSON' to the reverse
59¹⁄₂ in. (151 cm.) high; 66¹⁄₂ in. (169 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 March 2013, lot 156 (£25,000).

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Henry Dasson (d. 1896) is recorded as having worked in Paris at 106, rue Vieille-du-Temple. Dasson specialized in reproducing a wide range of furniture and objets d'art of high quality in the style of Louis XIV, XV and XVI, often directly copying known pieces. He purchased the firm of the ébéniste Charles Winckelsen upon his death in 1870, and produced an impressive range of pieces for the Paris Expositions from 1878 until 1895. The firm's output was distinquished particularly by the fine quality of its ormolu mounts. The business continued until 1894, when a sale of remaining stock was held.

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