Alphonse Giroux, Cloisonne Enameled Bronze Photo Frame, Napoleon III Period

Photo frame in gilded bronze enamelled in cloisonné from Maison Giroux. Very fine blue, white, green, red and black enamel work on a gilded bronze background. Original glass pane. Signed on the reverse. Napoleon III period around 1860. Delivery 14 euros in France, 25 euros in the EU and 50 euros rest of the world. *Maison Alphonse Giroux: Merchant and manufacturer of woodwork and cabinetwork, Paris. Store created around 1799 by François-Simon Giroux (?-Paris 1848) 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré in Paris: trade in fancy objects and stationery (supplies for daguerreotype), then cabinetmaking from 1834, under the name of Alphonse Giroux. Taken over in 1838 by his sons Alphonse-Gustave (Paris 1810-1886) and André (Paris 1801-1879) under the company name Alphonse Giroux et Cie. Transferred in 1857, 43 boulevard des Capucines. Sold in 1867 to Duvinage and Harinbouck, and managed from 1870 by Ferdinand Duvinage alone, then by his widow from 1874 to 1882, and finally by A. Philippe and E. Arnut from 1883 to 1884. The old Giroux house disappeared in 1885.