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Mahogany and burr amboyna veneered Bonheur-du-jour, with two doors opening on a tier of exotic wood panels decorated in hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer with a Putai among child musicians on an aventurine background. A secret writing-table drawer in the waistband is operated by a concealed push-button. Fluted piriform base with copper inlay, joined by an X-shaped brace, finished with tapered, fluted legs. Ornamentation in chased and gilded bronze, including capitals, moldings, mouldings, grape cluster frieze and gardening attributes, rings and hooves. Recessed Spanish brocatelle marble top with gallery. Signed on the lingotière, Henry Dasson, 1878. Louis XVI style, late 19th century. Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) for the lacquered panels. 110 × 58.5 × 35 cm. (Marble top fractured and restored). PROVENANCE: Galerie Pierre Lécoules (invoice dated November 3, 1989). Strongly influenced by 18th-century French decorative arts, Dasson's inspiration here is a Bonheur-du-jour model by Weisweiler, probably based on drawings by the merchant Daguerre. The swollen base and brace are a simplification of English furniture designs from the last quarter of the 18th century. Henry Dasson's interest in lacquer panels from Japan and China was demonstrated by the auction of furniture and bronzes from Dasson & Cie in 1894. The sale catalog presents nearly eighty lots of Japanese lacquer objects of all kinds. A number of identical desks have also appeared at auction, including : - A secretary sold in New York (Sotheby's, April 25, 2012, lot 154). - A secretary sold in New York (Christie's, November 26, 2013, lot 153). - A secretary from the Lécoules collection (Drouot Paris, salle 1, Farrando SVV, March 18, 2022, lot 88). An identical bonheur du jour is quoted on p. 150 in Les ébénistes du XIXe siècle by Mme LEDOUX LEBARD.
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Mahogany and burr amboyna veneered Bonheur-du-jour, with two doors opening on a tier of exotic wood panels decorated in hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer with a Putai among child musicians on an aventurine background. A secret writing-table drawer in the waistband is operated by a concealed push-button. Fluted piriform base with copper inlay, joined by an X-shaped brace, finished with tapered, fluted legs. Ornamentation in chased and gilded bronze, including capitals, moldings, mouldings, grape cluster frieze and gardening attributes, rings and hooves. Recessed Spanish brocatelle marble top with gallery. Signed on the lingotière, Henry Dasson, 1878. Louis XVI style, late 19th century. Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) for the lacquered panels. 110 × 58.5 × 35 cm. (Marble top fractured and restored). PROVENANCE: Galerie Pierre Lécoules (invoice dated November 3, 1989). Strongly influenced by 18th-century French decorative arts, Dasson's inspiration here is a Bonheur-du-jour model by Weisweiler, probably based on drawings by the merchant Daguerre. The swollen base and brace are a simplification of English furniture designs from the last quarter of the 18th century. Henry Dasson's interest in lacquer panels from Japan and China was demonstrated by the auction of furniture and bronzes from Dasson & Cie in 1894. The sale catalog presents nearly eighty lots of Japanese lacquer objects of all kinds. A number of identical desks have also appeared at auction, including : - A secretary sold in New York (Sotheby's, April 25, 2012, lot 154). - A secretary sold in New York (Christie's, November 26, 2013, lot 153). - A secretary from the Lécoules collection (Drouot Paris, salle 1, Farrando SVV, March 18, 2022, lot 88). An identical bonheur du jour is quoted on p. 150 in Les ébénistes du XIXe siècle by Mme LEDOUX LEBARD.
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