A gilt-bronze mounted Boulle marquetry, brass, pewter and tortoiseshell centre-table, By Henry Dasson (1825-1896), Paris Dated 1879

the rectangular variegated red marble top above a frieze centred to the front by a concealed drawer, on tapering legs, joined by a shaped stretcher

D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIX Siècle, Paris, 1984, pp. 146-151.

The overall condition is good. There are the inevitable very minor dents, marks and scratches due to age and use. The brass mounts are slightly rubbed. One brass inlay loose, but with the piece. One Moulding loose, but with the piece.
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Henry Dasson (died 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.