Alexander Roux

Alexander Roux
Born	March 18, 1813 Gap, France
Died	November 4, 1886 New York City, New York
Resting place	Green-Wood Cemetery
Occupation	Cabinetmaker
Years active	1836–1880

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.

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 [1]
• Roux sideboard at Yale University Art Gallery[2]

References

1. Gaffney, Dennis. "Is This a True Roux?". pbs.org. Archived from the original on 18 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-08.