A Louis XV French ormolu-mounted mahogany, parquetry and Vernis Martin style side cabinet by Henry Dasson dates to the late 19th century, finely mounted with bronze ormolu and highly inlaid with parquetry with a beautiful brêche d'alep marble top, the front centered by a cupboard door on the Vernis Martin style, depicting a mythological scene, flanked to each side by a parquetry design, all within a foliate frame, the sides each with a parquetry panel within a similar frame, on four foliate bronze sabots.

Henry Dasson (1825-1896) established his business at 106, Rue Vielle-du-Temple. He was renowned for the exceptional standard of the ormolu mounts that he used which had a high quality of mercurial gilding. He specialized in copies of Louis XIV, XV and XVI furniture, but he also manipulated 18th century designs to his own taste. He exhibited pieces at the Expositions Universelles in 1878 and 1889, when he received a Grand Prix Artistique for his display.

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H: 115 CM

W: 153.5 CM

D: 53 CM