Maison Giroux

A Napoleon III ormolu and glass etagere by Maison Alphonse Giroux, cast as faux bamboo, with three circular tiers each with a glass shelf, stamped 'MAISON ALPH. GIROUX PARIS' to the top front rim. Literature: C. Payne, Paris Furniture: the luxury market of the 19th century, Éditions Monelle Hayot, 2018, p. 77 (illustrated). Artists Biograpy: Alphonse Giroux, "the merchant of the princes", is an important Parisian manufacturer of luxury furniture and accessories, whose products were intended for an aristocratic and bourgeois clientele, installed as early as 1799 at No. 7, rue du Coq Saint -Honoré, then Boulevard des Capucines. Founded by François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux under the name "A. GIROUX in PARIS", it was taken over by the Giroux children and remained active under the name of "Alphonse Giroux et Cie" until 1867, when the direction is taken over by Ferdinand Duvinage...

Large cup in gilded bronze and silvered bronze held by three storks forming the base. It is decorated with a central marquetry in ivory and precious wood (rosewood, rosewood) partitioned in chiseled brass. This decoration represents a pheasant chasing a grasshopper at the edge of a water point and branches. Work in the Japanese taste signed in the decor "FD Bté" for Ferdinand Duvinage...

A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry inlaid dressing table by Maison Giroux. The underside of the drawer with a stencil mark and paper label for 'Alphonse Giroux &...

A pair of gilt and patinated bronze Ewers in the Manner of Clodion, by Maison Giroux. Signed ‘Alph. Giroux Paris’. Each ewer having a tapering ovoid body finely cast with a pa...

A very chick Aesthetic movement Table from the famous design house Maison Alphonse Giroux. The hand painted black lacquered top with a faux cast gilt bronze base. The top with floral...

A French gilt-bronze mounted, fruit wood and ivory marquetry metal cloisonné jewellery box by Maison Alphonse Giroux and Ferdinand Duvinage, Paris, ...