Coupe

ca. 1878

Maison Alphonse Giroux, Manufacturer Veuve Ferdinand Duvinage, Manufacturer

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Modern, Level 2, Central Wing

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About the Artwork

Title Coupe

Artwork Date ca. 1878

Makers Maison Alphonse Giroux (Manufacturer) French, ca. 1799-1882 Veuve Ferdinand Duvinage (Manufacturer) French, 1820-after 1882

Medium Silvered brass, marquetry of ivory, copper alloy and exotic woods

Dimensions Overall: 6 1/4 × 18 1/4 inches (15.9 × 46.4 cm)

Classification Metalwork

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1993.82

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Marks Mark, impressed on bottom: ALPH. GIROUX PARIS Mark, incised in ivory at lower right, monogram: FD Bté [short for breveté, or patented]

Provenance

(Martin Levy, Blairman Gallery, London, England)

1993-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Kisluk-Grosheide, Danielle. "Maison Giroux and its 'Oriental' Marquetry Technique." Furniture History 35 (1999): pp. 162-163 (fig. 16).

Maison, Mark and Emmanuelle Arnauld. Masterpieces of Marquetry in the 19th Century Patents. Dijon, 2012, p. 79 (fig. 81).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Veuve Ferdinand Duvinage; Maison Alphonse Giroux, Coupe, ca. 1878, silvered brass, marquetry of ivory, copper alloy and exotic woods. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund, 1993.82.