About Société des Marbres Onyx d'Algérie

The Onyx Marble Company of Algeria was founded in 1858 by Alphonse Pallu, specialising in high-end luxury objects and furniture, often combining Algerian onyx and champlevé enamel. The company worked with some of the most important sculptors and designers of the day, including Albert Earnest Carrier-Belleuse, Charles Cordier and Eugene Cornu (who became its chief designer and director).  The company changed names a number of time becoming, G. Viot & Co., E. Horn & Co. and finally H. Journet & Co.  It is recorded in the Registres de Commerce et de l’Industrie in 1878 that the head office was located at 29, rue Popincourt and ‘les Magasins de Vente’ at 24, boulevard des Italiens, Paris.