An elegant blackened wood box decorated with stylized clovers in mother-of-pearl and brass marquetry, arranged in a regular pattern on all sides. The whole is adorned with a finely chased neo-Gothic bronze mount decorated with foliate scrolls, flowers, and symmetrical volutes, notably framing the lock and hinges. The domed lid is topped with a central turned bronze handle, resting on an openwork plate with floral motifs. The interior, lined with pleated cream satin, suggests its use as a jewelry or glove box, typical of luxury items in Parisian high society during the Second Empire. Signed on the engraved brass inner rim: "Alph. Giroux & Cie à Paris," a firm renowned for its refined furniture and objets d'art, and official supplier to royalty and the Parisian elite.
Founded by François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux in 1799, the Alphonse Giroux firm (1799-1881) was one of the most successful Parisian luxury stores of the 19th century. Like the great mercers of the Ancien Régime, it sold small pieces of cabinetmaking, decorative objects, and trinkets. A supplier to the Crown, the aristocracy, and the bourgeoisie, its success is inextricably linked to the rise of a new industrial art.
The sons Alphonse-Gustave and André Giroux took over the business in 1838, which then became "Alphonse Giroux et Cie" until its absorption by Duvinage in 1867. Alphonse Giroux et Cie flourished during the Restoration and then the Second Empire, where they supplied members of the imperial court.
Delivery
Europe: 100 EUR
US/Canada/HK: 150 EUR
Rest of the world: Price upon request
- Reference :
- 8390
- Width :
- 34 (cm)
- Height :
- 16 (cm)
- Depth :
- 19 (cm)
- Era:
- 19th century
- Style:
- Napoleon III
- Materials:
- wood, mother-of-pearl, brass
