Tahan In Paris. Jewelry Box, Box, In Marquetry And Brass Napoleon III Period

This beautiful jewelry box signed by "Tahan in Paris, supplier to the Emperor" is made of veneer, amboyna burl, rosewood with ebony fillets. The lid is decorated in its center with a floral medallion monogrammed MS The box is decorated with brass threads and brass diamond patterns. These threads are repeated on the eight sides of the box. Note a very small lack of brass thread see photo 10. The interior of the box has been redone with an old fabric from the Napoleon III period. The original key works Maison Tahan was founded by Pierre Lambert Tahan at the beginning of the 19th century in Belgium. His son Jean Pierre Alexandre took over the company in 1844, rue de la Paix then Boulevard desItaliens and developed it until 1866, with the production of boxes, liquor cabinets and small precious pieces of furniture, supplier of Napoleon III's Imperial furniture storage