Object Description
A Fine and Important Pedestal Cupboard in the Louis XIV Manner by Henry Dasson
Constructed in book-matched and cross banded kingwood, dressed with excellently cast, chased and gilded bronze mounts; rising from swept ormolu feet centering about a cinquefoil mount, the inverted tapered body having a detailed martial trophy within a central ormolu reserve, and a female mask over; two lockable shelved cupboards to each side, with a platform of Grand Antique marble from the Ariege region of France within an ormolu frame. Stamped by the maker, ‘Henry Dasson 1888’.
French, Circa 1870