Maison Alphonse Giroux - Table, mute or writing server with 2 low shelves

Maison alphonse giroux table, mute or writing servant with 2 tilting trays from the second empire period, napoleon iii, circa 1860 in blackened wood marquetry the tray centered with a crest with the number mg in lambrequins very beautiful quality work plaque on the back "mon alph. Giroux, 43 bouled des capucines à paris" height (unfolded): 71cm height (folded): 81cm width: 48.5cm depth: 34cm very good general condition, light stains on the tray below, wear from use *alphonse giroux et cie, famous tabletterie and curiosities store located in paris, 7 rue du coq-saint-honoré, whose activity extended from the consulate to the end of the second empire. This company was founded by françois-simon-alphonse, then managed from 1838 by his two sons alphonse-gustave (1810-1886) and andré (1801-1879). It was at the exposition des produits de l'industrie in 1834 that the giroux company, specializing in the manufacture of refined objects, obtained a silver medal. Louis xviii, then charles x, procured gifts from giroux for "the children of france". Gradually producing small pieces of furniture, they appeared for the first time in 1837 under the heading "cabinetmakers" in the almanach de paris. However, it was alphonse-gustave who truly expanded their business, as evidenced by the report of the jury of the exposition des produits de l'industrie in 1839, awarding him a silver medal. It then ranked first among luxury businesses. A. Giroux participated in the universal exhibition in paris in 1855, where he presented a bonheur-du-jour in linden, carved with a luxuriant naturalistic decoration, and which the empress eugénie purchased for her palace in compiègne. A. Giroux transferred his shop to 43, boulevard des capucines in 1857 and operated there until 1867, when he sold his house and his sign to his cousin ferdinand duvinage and harink.