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A NAPOLEON III ROSEWOOD, AMARANTH, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
Lot 219

A NAPOLEON III ROSEWOOD, AMARANTH, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE

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

Closed19 November 2013

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GBP 5,625

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A NAPOLEON III ROSEWOOD, AMARANTH, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
BY MAISON ALPHONSE GIROUX, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Brass- and ormolu-mounted, inlaid overall with flowers and leaves, the gilt tooled leather top above five satinwood-veneered drawers, the locks stamped THEAU/SERRURIER/PARIS, the main lock also stamped A GIROUX/PARIS, finished to the back
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 33½ in. (85 cm.) wide; 19.2/3 in. (50 cm.) deep

Specialist note

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, the firm was responsible for a bedroom suite supplied to Charles X in 1826. Under the direction of Giroux's two sons Alphonse-Gustave (d.1886) and André (d.1874), the business expanded and won a gold medal at the 1839 Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie Française. In 1867 the firm was taken over by Duvinage and Harinckouk.