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SMALL GILT METAL AND IVORY CHEST WITH PARROT INBETWEEN TWIGS

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€ 4 500
Auction dateClassic
17.11.2021 14:00UTC +02:00
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VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH
Event location
Germany, Köln
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ID 647796
Lot 72 | SMALL GILT METAL AND IVORY CHEST WITH PARROT INBETWEEN TWIGS
SMALL GILT METAL AND IVORY CHEST WITH PARROT INBETWEEN TWIGS.

Paris.
Date: Around 1880.
Maker/Designer: Ferdinand Duvinage for Alphonse Giroux.
Technique: Gilt metal, ivory, inlays made of various woods.
Description: Inside insert for matches with three small, bevelled compartments.
Measurement: 5x8, 5x5, 5cm.
Mark: Inside on rim inscribed Alph. Giroux Paris. On the topside if the lid sign. 'FD BTÉ' for Ferdinand Duvinage.


In 1799, François-Simon Giroux (1775-1848) opened a shop for artistic woodturning and
carpentry in the rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré. In the following century, the business was
continued by four generations of the Giroux family, the last owner being Ferdinand
Duvinage, a cousin of the family, whose widow ceased business activities in 1885. Maison
Giroux was known for its extremely high-quality luxury items. Works by Giroux can be found
today in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and others.

- Overall in good condition typical of its age, with the corresponding light soiling and rubbing. - The ivory with slight dry cracks.
Auction house category:Art nouveau
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