He studied painting under Jacques-Louis David, and founded an art restoration business near the end of the 18th century.
As well as restoring art, his business made and sold furniture in various styles for the French royal family and others.
Giroux & Cie. introduced the Phénakisticope in France, as one of the first companies to publish the animation device after it was more or less simultaneously invented in Belgium and Austria.
A mass-produced daugerrotype camera cabinet manufactured by Giroux, who was the brother-in-law of Louis Daguerre, was exhibited at the 1839 Exposition des produits de l'industrie française in Paris.
It did not win an award, although Giroux did gain a silver medal for a jewelry box.