Henry Dasson (1825–1896), Ormolu Clock and Barometer Set

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Henry Dasson (1825–1896), Ormolu Clock and Barometer SetFine Louis XVI Style Ormolu Clock and Barometer Set Paris, the clock dated 1882 and the barometer 1878 Each piece incorporating a thermometer, one calibrated in centigrade and the other in the Réaumur scale, recording notable Parisian temperatures of the late nineteenth century. The circular enamel dials are finely inscribed HRY DASSON, with the gilt-bronze cases further signed Henry Dasson and richly adorned in the Louis XVI manner. Mounted on modern fabric-covered backboards. Height: 41 in. (104.1 cm)Width: 9 in. (22.9 cm) Provenance: An Important American Collection cf. Henry Dasson (1825–1896) was one of the most accomplished Parisian ebenistes and bronziers of the 19th century, celebrated for his superb reproductions of eighteenth-century furniture and decorative objects, many crafted after models in the Garde-Meuble National. Establishing his workshop at 106 rue Vieille du Temple, Dasson earned great distinction at the Expositions Universelles of 1878 and 1889, where his gilt-bronze mounts were praised for their precision and splendor. His pieces are invariably signed with the anglicized form Henry Dasson. The firm closed in 1894, just two years before his death; his tomb at Père Lachaise Cemetery is marked with a bust by the sculptor Dallier.