Coffret à B Bijoux En Bronze Doré Et Marbre Malachite Fin XIXème Siècle

Beautiful gilt bronze jewelry box with medallion inlay in Belgian black marble marked with malachite Signed TAHAN PARIS padded with pink silk inside Late 19th century
Dimensions: H: 17 cm / W: 34 cm / D: 19.5 cm
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"The origin of Maison TAHAN dates back to the beginning of the 19th century, in Belgium, when Pierre Lambert TAHAN founded a workshop producing wood-based objects from Spa, a small spa town in the Ardennes. In 1844, Jean Pierre Alexandre Tahan took over the business of "boxes and necessary" created by his father and developed it with a production of boxes, liquor cabinets and small precious pieces of furniture (happiness of the day, worker, desk) like Paul Sormani.
This will then completely revolutionize the organization of the company by separating manufacture and store. The Tahan house then became prosperous, employing many workshops; it employed more than 200 workers at the end of the Second Empire. From 1849 to 1866 the Tahan house was on rue de la Paix in Paris, before moving to boulevard des Italiens. Tahan, cabinetmaker to Emperor Napoleon III, provided the imperial furniture repository.
The Court then placed a large number of orders with him for bookcases, tables, pedestal tables and necessary items. The Tahan house is present at exhibitions from 1849 to 1867; he won a silver medal in 1849, one in London in 1852, and the gold medal in 1867. Jean Pierre Alexandre Tahan became one of the personalities of his corporation. After the fall of the Empire, Maison Tahan could hardly forget the close ties it had maintained with the Emperor.
In 1882, the factory ceased production and the store closed its doors. He then retired near the Luxembourg Gardens, and died on March 26, 1892. We will especially remember his creativity, his talent, and the constant search for new materials and new techniques. »