Comments on: Alexander Roux Pietra Dure Table http://rarevictorian.com/2008/01/alexander-roux-pietra-dure-table.html The definitive Victorian antique furniture destination Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: alain kouyoumdjian http://rarevictorian.com/2008/01/alexander-roux-pietra-dure-table.html/comment-page-1#comment-890 alain kouyoumdjian Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:09:32 +0000 http://rarevictorian.com/wordpress/alexander-roux-pietra-dure-table/193/#comment-890 It is quite often that 19th. century cabinet makers would use any decorative item made by another workshop such as hardstones, micromosaic, tempera, or older fragments commonly seen on Boulle furniture. Sometimes even it was the customers exigence. Regarding Roux and this specific table it would have been very easy to have this shipped by his brother Frederic from Paris. I hope this helps. It is quite often that 19th. century cabinet makers would use any decorative item made by another workshop such as hardstones, micromosaic, tempera, or older fragments commonly seen on Boulle furniture. Sometimes even it was the customers exigence.
Regarding Roux and this specific table it would have been very easy to have this shipped by his brother Frederic from Paris.

I hope this helps.

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