Tahan Antique French Jewelry Box Napoleon III 3 xix Century Boulle Marquetery

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Tahan Antique French Jewelry Box Napoleon III 3 xix Century Boulle Marquetery

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Box Marquetry Boulle Signed TAHAN th. Napoleon 3 Napoleon III" Description: Pretty and elegant writing in Boulle brass marquetry, with nets and a cartridge on the lid where it is inscribed Valentine (ideal Valentine's Day gift). interior in original padded blue silk velvet, functional lock with a push button Signed by the famous and prestigious house TAHAN Official supplier of Emperor Napoleon 3 Overall in very good condition. Just a small, barely visible defect on the right corner Object in used condition. The photos are part of the description (The jewels presented are not part of this lot) A LITTLE HISTORY ........... “House unique in its kind of manufacture and which knew how to impose itself, because of the good taste of its compositions. At Tahan, we never look at the price: the important thing is that the name Tahan appears on the object” (Pierre Giffard, Les Fourchambault, 1878). "Prince of small cabinetmaking", Tahan marked his time by the care given to each of his pieces, both works of art and utility. Generally small or medium-sized, these pieces of furniture invaded bourgeois interiors, to such an extent that according to the Handbook of Elegant Economy (1859), "they alone constituted the entire physiognomy of the time". It was in Belgium in Spa, a small spa town in the Ardennes, that Pierre Lambert Tahan, a professional spreadsheet, launched this company with a formidable destiny. He left Spa for Paris in 1804, and set up his “boxes and necessary” factory in the Temple district. His son Jean Pierre Alexandre (1813-1892) was born in Paris, and helped him from 1837, to take full management of the company in 1844, his father then ceasing all activity. Jean Pierre Alexandre will then use his ingenuity to begin his great pioneering work. First of all, it separates the workshop on rue de Quincampoix from the store on rue basse du rempart. He develops the production of boxes but also produces more voluminous furniture, happiness of the day, desks, work tables. From 1845, he also began to advertise in newspapers, a practice still little used. "Supplier to the King and Princes", he obtained a silver medal in 1849 at the Exhibition of Industrial Products, and was then called "the prince of small cabinetmaking". In 1855, he bore the title of "Supplier to the Emperor" at the Universal Exhibition where he exhibited an extraordinary sculpted aviary. The Court in fact gave him many orders, including rosewood planters, coffee tables for the Tuileries Palace, a mahogany and gilt bronze shelf for Napoleon III's desk. His store moved to 34 rue de la Paix (1849 -1866), then to 11 boulevard des Italiens (1866-1878). In 1861, Tahan was thus designated as “one of those manufacturers who are ahead of fashion and set the tone instead of submitting”. (The Chronicle of Arts and Curiosity). Indeed, he quickly collaborated with Julien-Nicolas Rivart to encrust his furniture with porcelain flowers, which would become part of his privileged vocabulary. It is then a new technique, which places it at the forefront of modernity. Gold medalist at the Universal Exhibition of 1867, Tahan employed at the end of the Second Empire more than two hundred employees in several workshops. Tahan was, like Rivart, a spirit passionate about the inventions of the second half of the 19th century, and filed a patent himself for the roll-top desk, as well as another for briefcases with translucent fronts in 1858. Maison Tahan declines after the fall of the Empire which had supported it so much. Thus, in 1882, the factory ceased production and the store closed its doors. Bibliography "Tahan, Jean Pierre Alexandre (1813-1892)", family correspondence [Online], Historiographical supplements, Biographies, T, updated on: 07/04/2011 Ministry of Commerce, Catalog of Patents for Invention, January 1, 1858.

Creator:
Tahan Paris (Cabinetmaker)
Dimensions:
Height: 0.99 in (2.5 cm)Width: 4.34 in (11 cm)Depth: 2.56 in (6.5 cm)
Style:
Napoleon III (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Wood,Marquetry
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
Mid-19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1860
Condition:
Minor losses. The object is offered in its used condition.
Seller Location:
VENDAYS-MONTALIVET, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU6727228845852