BY MAISON ALPHONSE GIROUX, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED EBONISED AND ROSEWOOD BUREAU DE DAME
BY MAISON ALPHONSE GIROUX, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The serpentine top surmounted by a pierced three-quarter gallery above a hinged bombé flap mounted with foliate scrolls and centred by a floral porcelain plaque, the reverse with a blue velvet-lined writing surface, the fitted interior with three short drawers and lidded well, above a conformingly-decorated shaped apron on cabriole legs headed by espagnolettes terminating in scrolled sabots, signed 'ALPH.GIROUX ET CIE/ à Paris'
33½ in. (85 cm.) high; 27 in. (69 cm.) wide; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The Maison Alphonse Giroux was established in 1799 by François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux (d.1848), with premises at 7, rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré, Paris. Specialising in the production and sale of small items of furniture, as well as 'objets d'art, de fantaisie et de papeterie', the firm was responsible for a bedroom suite supplied to Charles X in 1826. In 1838, the company was taken over by Giroux's two sons, Alphonse-Gustave (d.1886) and André (d.1874), who under the name of Giroux & Cie, expanded the business, showing and frequently winning medals at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie française. In 1857, the business relocated to 43, boulevard des Capucines, where it remained until 1867 when it was taken over by Duvinage and Harinckouk.

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