BY ALPHONSE GIROUX, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Details

A NAPOLEON III 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU AND ETCHED-GLASS ETAGERE
BY ALPHONSE GIROUX, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Modelled as bamboo stalks mounted with bamboo leaves to the legs, the top hung with four handles and with three circular tiers each etched with floral and ivy motifs and encircled by a three-quarter pierced gallery, the top tier signed 'ALPH. GIROUX PARIS'
33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) diameter

Literature

C. Payne, Paris Furniture: the luxury market of the 19th century, Éditions Monelle Hayot, 2018, p. 77 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

The Maison Alphonse Giroux (active 1799-1867) was established in Paris by François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux (d.1848). Specialising in the production of small items of furniture, as well as objets d'art, de fantaisie et de papeterie in a wide range of materials and styles. 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, further extended the business, showing and frequently winning medals at the Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie française. With many esteemed patrons, the firm was responsible for a bedroom suite supplied to Charles X in 1826, and between 1855 and 1857 supplied furniture to Napoléon III and Empress Eugenie.
A similar, yet slightly less lavish gueirdon with unadorned handles and legs, sold Christie's, Paris, 26 November 2013, lot 168.

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