Live Auction 17468The Collector: English & European 18th & 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A NAPOLEON III 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU AND ETCHED-GLASS ETAGERE
Lot 82 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION

A NAPOLEON III 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU AND ETCHED-GLASS ETAGERE

BY MAISON ALPHONSE GIROUX, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A NAPOLEON III 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU AND ETCHED-GLASS ETAGERE
BY MAISON ALPHONSE GIROUX, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Cast as faux bamboo, with three circular tiers each with a glass shelf etched with flowers, stamped 'MAISON ALPH. GIROUX PARIS' to the top front rim
30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) high, 17 in. (43 cm.) diameter

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor; Sotheby's, New York, February 19-27 1998, lot 2605.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 17 June 2003, lot 46.

Specialist note

This étagère stood in The Gold Drawing Room at 24 Boulevard Suchet in Paris, and appears in the painting by Alexandre Serebriakov of the room, dated 1946.
A related table of elaborate design by Giroux was sold at Christie's, London, 24 May 2018, lot 606 (£23,750).