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all-face BOULLE MARQUETRY STAMPED ON LOCK "TAHAN FRÈRES a PARIS" NAPOLEON III PERIOD
THE LOCK WORKS AND IS SOLD WITH ORIGINAL KEY / MONOGRAMMED CENTERPLATE /
dimensions: 26.5 cm deep x 33.5 cm wide x 12 cm high
Maison Tahan: supplier to Emperor Napoleon III
In 1844, Jean Pierre Alexandre Tahan took over the "boîtes et nécessaires" business created by his father and expanded it with the production of boxes, liquor cellars and small precious pieces of furniture (bonheur du jour, travailleuse, bureau) like Paul Sormani. Sormani revolutionized the company's organization by separating the factory from the store. Tahan became a thriving business, employing over 200 workers by the end of the Second Empire.
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