A Fine Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Bibliothequè

A Fine Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Bibliothequè

By Henry Dasson

The rectangular inset brown tooled leather top within a leaf tip cast bronze gallery above two gilt bronze mounted grillwork doors. Fluted corners raised on tapering gilt bronze mounted fluted legs. H

The bronze molding signed Henry Dasson 1879

Henry Dasson was considered one of the finest makers of gilt bronze mounted furniture in the nineteenth Century. He established a workshop at 106 rue Vieille-du-Temple, Paris, and specialised in the production of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI style furniture using the very finest ormolu mounts with the highest quality mercury gilding. In 1871, Dasson purchase Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen business and remaining stock.

Dasson exhibited at the 1878 and 1889 Paris Exhibition. He displayed Louis XV and XVI styles as well as pieces of his own modified eighteenth century design. The exhibits in 1878 included a table entirely in gilt bronze, purchased by Lord Dudley.
Details:

Height – 32 inches / 81cm
Width – 26 inches / 66cm
Depth – 15 inches / 38cm
Maker – Henry Dasson