227 - MAISON ALPHONSE GIROUX & Cie - Table planter with an undulating shape from the Napoleon III period, made of oak veneer and molded oak, with rich ornamentation in metal that was originally Silver plated, such as beaded moldings, floral cartouches, ribboned garlands of flowers, a pair of birds, ram’s-horn scrolls, and a bas-relief titled “Sciences, Wisdom, Arts”

MAISON ALPHONSE GIROUX & Cie - Table planter with an undulating shape from the Napoleon III period, made of oak veneer and molded oak, with rich ornamentation in metal that was originally Silver plated, such as beaded moldings, floral cartouches, ribboned garlands of flowers, a pair of birds, ram’s-horn scrolls, and a bas-relief titled “Sciences, Wisdom, Arts” Green-lacquered zinc lining Base with arched legs Printed label beneath the base 18.5 x 46 x 33 cm (minor losses of veneer and a pearl molding) Provenance | Collection of Henri Dupuy de Lôme for his estate in the Var, then passed down through the family Biography | Stanislas Henri Laurent Dupuy de Lôme Engineer in the French Navy (Ploemeur 1816–Paris 1885). He built the first steamship, the Napoléon (1850), and the first armored frigate, the Gloire (1858), which served as a model for the navy of the Second Empire. Member of the Council of State and deputy for Morbihan. In 1870, he managed to get sixty airships out of besieged Paris. He had been a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1866.