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Alexander Roux
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Alexander Roux (1813–1886) was a French-trained ébéniste, or cabinetmaker, who emigrated to the United States in the 1830s. He opened a shop in New York City in 1836. The business grew quickly: by the 1850s he employed 120 craftsmen in his shop and introduced then-new industrial technologies, such as steam-powered saws.[1]
Roux produced works in the ornate Rococo Revival style influenced by eighteenth-century France. He also worked in the Gothic, Renaissance, and later Neo-Grec styles.
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Selected works
- Sideboard (c. 1853), Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Étagère (c. 1855), Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Cabinet (c. 1866), Metropolitan Museum of Art
External links
- Roux sideboard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Roux sideboard at Yale University Art Gallery
References
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