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Alexandre Roux, cabinetmaker

Cabinet, ca. 1866

Description

Maker

  • Alexandre Roux, fl. 1837-1881, FrenchAmerican, cabinetmaker

Title

Cabinet

Year

ca. 1866

Medium

Rosewood, light and dark wood marquetry, ebonized and gilt trim, porcelain, and gilt bronze

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ebonized trim,
  • porcelain,
  • tulipwood,
  • gilding,
  • gilded,
  • maple veneer,
  • rosewood,
  • rosewood veneer,
  • ormolu

Dimensions

111.8 x 130.8 x 48.3 cm (44 x 51 1/2 x 19 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label on back, in various fonts of various sizes:FROM/ALEXANDER ROUX,/479 BROADWAY,/43 & 46 MERCER ST./NEW YORK,/ FRENCH CABINET MAKER,/AND IMPORTER OF /FANCY BUHL/AND/ MOSAIC FURNITURE,/Established 1836

Place

New York City; New York

Type

  • Decorative Arts,
  • Furniture

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

78.052

Projects & Publications

Publications

American Furniture In Pendleton House

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

The prosperity of 19th-century Americans and the fondness they held for eclectic design are readily exemplified in the furniture of Alexander Roux, a French immigrant who established an upscale company in New York. Roux’s furniture designs included costly materials, as seen here in the elaborate gilt metal mounts, ebonized wood, marquetry, and Sèvres porcelain panel. Reflecting lavish European aesthetics and popular with leading architects and their clients, Roux’s work came to be directly associated with wealth and accomplishment, and was considered a status symbol.

Focus on Form

April 1, 1998 - May 21, 2000

Dress, Art, and Society

September 13, 1996 - January 5, 1997

Romanticism and Revival

December 4, 1992 - June 26, 1993

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Cabinet with the accession number of 78.052. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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