Henry Dasson 1825-1896 A FINE PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT BRONZE THREE-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES AFTER THE ROYAL MODEL BY JEAN HAURÉ Paris, dated 1890

each signed henry Dasson et Cie 1890 and with the HD stamp from the bronze master models.

Daniel Alcouffe, Anne Dion-Tennenbaum, Gérard Mabille, Gilt Bronzes in the Louvre, Dijon, 2004, pp. 166-167, fig. 85 for an illustration of the eighteenth-century model

Overall in good condition. Well cast and gilded. Tarnishing to gilt bronze. Drilled for electricity.
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A set of four wall lights of this model commissioned on September 29, 1787 and executed under the direction of the sculptor Jean Hauré, was delivered by Pierre-François Feuchère (1737-1823) in early 1788 for Marie-Antoinette's Cabinet de Toilette at St. Cloud. The model derives from a set of two branch wall lights by Hauré and Feuchère made for the apartments of Thierry de Ville d'Avray in 1787.

A similar pair sold in these rooms, October 22, 2008, lot 272 for $34,375