Maison Alphonse Giroux: gilded and chiseled bronze frame and miniature

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Maison Alphonse Giroux: gilded and chiseled bronze frame and miniature

Name: Maison Alphonse Giroux: gilded and chiseled bronze frame and miniature
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: YO2TD1T23W
Price: 960 EUR
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By Gallery Le Clos Palmyre

960 €

Period 19th century

Style French Restoration, Charles X

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From: 59000, Lille, France

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Magnificent gilded and chiseled bronze frame containing the miniature of a nativity after Correggio, original gilding.
Signed Alph. Giroux in Paris, signature corresponding to the period when Alphonse Giroux himself operated his Parisian boutique, i.e. first quarter of the 19th century.
Frame: 17 cms x 15 cms
Miniature: 11 cms x 9.5 cms
Very good state

Maison Alphonse Giroux, , is a major Parisian manufacturer of luxury furniture and accessories, whose products were intended for an aristocratic and bourgeois clientele, established in 1799 at No. 7, rue du Coq Saint-Honoré, then Boulevard des Capucines. Founded by François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux under the name "A. GIROUX à PARIS", it was taken over by the Giroux children and remained active under the name of << Alphonse> until 1867, when the management was taken over by Ferdinand Duvinage.

The store founded by Giroux père originally often changed its description in the directory, and we can guess a very diversified activity. Specializing in paper and artistic supplies, he is also a restorer of paintings and offers fantasy and writing objects: writing desks, inkwells, and also toys are sold there. Indeed, on June 6, 1818, he filed the patent for the kaleidoscope which he also called the

Moving towards tablets and cabinetmaking around 1830, the store continues to supply, among other things, beautiful

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Additional Information

Condition	Very good
Style	French Restoration, Charles X (Objects of curiosity of French Restoration, Charles X Style)
Period	19th century (Objects of curiosity 19th century)
Country of origin	France
Artist	Alphonse Giroux
Weight (Kg)	0.740