Pair Of Antique Glass Bronze Mounted Vases Signed Alphonse Giroux Paris,japanese Influenced
Artist: Alphonse Giroux
Wonderful dark blue glass vases.
Dated:mid 19century. Richly bronze gilded decoration of insects and foliage.
The activity of the Giroux house extended from 1799 to the end of the Second Empire. Created by François-Simon-Alphone Giroux, his son Alphonse-Gustave and his brother André took it over in 1838. Specializing in the manufacture of refined objects for gifts, Louis XVIII and Charles X frequented it. It was greatly influenced by a Japanese movement from 1860 to 1870, as this pair of vases shows. The house closed in 1885.
Dated:mid 19century. Richly bronze gilded decoration of insects and foliage.
The activity of the Giroux house extended from 1799 to the end of the Second Empire. Created by François-Simon-Alphone Giroux, his son Alphonse-Gustave and his brother André took it over in 1838. Specializing in the manufacture of refined objects for gifts, Louis XVIII and Charles X frequented it. It was greatly influenced by a Japanese movement from 1860 to 1870, as this pair of vases shows. The house closed in 1885.
3 500 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Napoleon 3rd
Condition: Good condition
Material: Glass
Height: 28cm
Reference (ID): 1075401
Availability: In stock
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