Inkwell Signed Alphonse Giroux (1776-1848)

Superb Double Patina Inkwell, signed Alphonse GIROUX et Cie, representing an African Nubian and his Little one playing the Drum. On an octagonal-shaped Base, in Violet Wood veneer. It measures 20 CM in length, 16 CM in depth and 23 CM in height. Maison Alphonse Giroux, “the merchant of princes”, is a major Parisian manufacturer of luxury furniture and accessories, whose products were intended for an aristocratic and bourgeois clientele, established in 1799 at No. 7, rue du Coq Saint -Honoré, then Boulevard des Capucines. Founded by François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux under the name “A. GIROUX à PARIS”, it was taken over by the Giroux children and remained active under the name “Alphonse Giroux et Cie” until 1867, when the management is taken over by Ferdinand Duvinage.