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Alphonse Giroux - Secretary with flap - 1826<br/> © madd-bordeaux - L. Gauthier

object n°13

The little secret cabinet by Alphonse Giroux

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1975 - Inv 75.3.10

In 1827, the Duke of Bordeaux and his sister Louise d'Artois, the grandchildren of Charles X, received for their Christmas presents a magnificent piece of furniture commissioned by the King's Chamber from Alphonse Giroux, founder of a shop selling curiosities and small furniture in the Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré in Paris. Of a prestigious workmanship, this piece of furniture in lemon tree reveals its secrets throughout the month of May...

object n°13 (pdf)

previous objects of the month

object n°16

Gift of the Viscount of Pelleport-Burète, 1927 - Inv 1085

object n°15

Gift of Eulalie Gouzenne, 1959 - Inv 59.7.3

object n°14

Beautiran Canvas

Gift of the Association of Friends of the Hôtel de Lalande, 1991 - Inv 91.2.6

object n°13

The little secret cabinet by Alphonse Giroux

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1975 - Inv 75.3.10

object n°12

Album of drawings from the library of the Duchess of Berry at Rosny Castle

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1958 - Inv 58.1.11 350

object n°11

Wine fountain, Bacchus child sitting on a barrel

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1959 - Inv 59.3.1

object n°10

"Thinking Man's chair"

Fnac deposit, 2009 - Inv D 2009.3.6

object n°09

Statuettes of CAB

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1986 - Inv 86.3.1 & 86.3.2

object n°08

Paintings of Jules Vieillard and his wife

Gift of Viscount and Viscountess Alain de Baritault du Carpia, 2012 - Inv 2012.5.1 & 2012.5.2

object n°07

Gourd of Nevers

XVIIth century

object n°06

The Montesquieu bust

1767

object n°05

XVIIe siècle

object n°04

Pair of urns decorated with seditious images

Legs d'André Lataillade, 1969 - Inv 69.3.198 & 69.3.199

object n°03

Ornelental vase, Manufacture Jules vieillard & Cie, Bordeaux

Late 19th century

object n°02

One_chair by Konstantin Grcic

2004

object n°01

Chair by Robert Mallet-Stevens

CAPC depot