Elegant box in blackened wood decorated with stylized shamrocks in mother-of-pearl and brass marquetry, arranged in a regular pattern on all sides. The whole is adorned with a finely chased bronze Neo-Gothic-style frame decorated with symmetrical foliage, flowers and scrolls, notably framing the lock and hinges. The domed lid is topped by a central turned-bronze handle, resting on an openwork plate with floral motifs. The interior, upholstered in pleated cream satin, suggests a function as a jewelry or glove box, typical of the luxury objects of 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 a regular supplier to royalty and the Parisian elite.
Founded by François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux in 1799, the House of Alphonse Giroux (1799-1881) was one of the most successful luxury Parisian stores of the 19th century. Like the great merchant merciers of the Ancien Régime, it sold small items of cabinetry, tableware and bimbeloterie. Supplying the Crown, the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie, its success was inextricably linked with the development of a new industrial art.
Sons Alphonse-Gustave and André Giroux took over the company in 1838, and it became "Alphonse Giroux et Cie" until it was absorbed by Duvinage in 1867. Alphonse Giroux et Cie flourished during the Restoration and the Second Empire, supplying members of the imperial court.
Delivery
Europe: 100EUR
US/Canada/HK: 150EUR
Rest of the world: On request
- Reference :
- 8390
- Width :
- 34 (cm)
- Height :
- 16 (cm)
- Depth :
- 19 (cm)
- Period:
- 19century
- Style:
- Napoleon III
- Materials:
- wood, mother-of-pearl, brass
