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The following images, taken from our archives, illustrate a small selection of pieces we have handled over the past 60 years and which have given us special pleasure and enjoyment. Either for the pieces themselves, their origins or the collections in which they have been placed.
An Outstanding & Highly Important Side Cabinet Attributed to S. Jamar
Height: 42 ¾" 108cm This handsome Scagliola marble and ormolu enriched sideboard and its accompanying pedestals is exactly the type of work demanded by wealthy and important clients to decorate their houses. It draws its inspiration from the classical world, with numerous motifs making reference to poetry, literature and to learning, but also from France and the grandeur of Louis Quatorze's court at Versaille. English, Circa 1810 Villa la Pagoole, Nice
In particular, its robust architecture corresponds to that of a pillar-fronted bookcase bearing the brand of S. Jamar, who traded as a 'French cabinet maker' in London's Wardour Street and claimed in 1818 that much of his furniture, bronze-enriched in the French manner, was 'equal to any made in Paris' (see C. Gilbert, Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996 fig. 521).
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 "An Outstanding & Highly Important Side Cabinet Attributed to S. Jamar")
