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Box, Alphonse Giroux & Cie., Paris, ca. 1860, Wood veneered with parquetry of tulipwood and kingwood, gilt bronze, modern si…
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Box

Alphonse Giroux & Cie., Paris · ca. 1860

Medium
Wood veneered with parquetry of tulipwood and kingwood, gilt bronze, modern silk lining trimmed with metal thread
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 7 3/4 × 15 × 9 in. (19.7 × 38.1 × 22.9 cm)
Accession
2010.227
Credit line
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass Gift, in honor of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2010
Culture
French
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