Details
| Manufacturer | Veuve Ferdinand Duvinage, French, 1820-after 1882 |
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| Manufacturer | Maison Alphonse Giroux, French, ca. 1799-1882 |
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| Date | ca. 1878 |
| 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) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund |
| Accession Number | 1993.82 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | Modern C233, Level 2 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Mark, impressed on bottom: ALPH. GIROUX PARIS Mark, incised in ivory at lower right, monogram: FD Bté [short for breveté, or patented] |
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Provenance
(Martin Levy, Blairman Gallery, London, England);
1993-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1993-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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).
Maison, Mark and Emmanuelle Arnauld. Masterpieces of Marquetry in the 19th Century Patents. Dijon, 2012, p. 79 (fig. 81).