Duvinage And Alphonse Giroux Inkwell In Gilded Bronze And Marquetry, Japanese-style Work, Late 19th Century

A gilt bronze and marquetry inkwell. Very high quality work decorated with rams' heads and bronze hooves, all embellished with Duvinage's own marquetry in precious wood, brass and ivory. Work in perfect condition and signed by the marquetry maker "FD brevet" for Ferdinand Duvinage, and "Alphonse Giroux Paris" Around 1880. Indeed, this inkwell is the result of a collaboration between the famous manufacturer of art objects and furniture Alphonse Giroux, and the marquetry maker Duvinage, specialized in finely worked marquetry in the Japanese style. Let us recall that this enthusiasm for Japanese arts had unleashed strong passions in France at the end of the 19th century. The Duvinage firm specialized in this type of marquetry at the end of the 19th century. In 1877, the widow of Ferdinand Duvinage (1813-1874) obtained a patent for this type of decoration, which combined wood marquetry with brass cloisonné on an ivory background. This process was a great commercial success and earned him numerous medals during the Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1900.