Alexandre BAILLY & Marcel JAMBON (19th-20th century). Decorative studies. Four small oils on panel. Note: The Jambon-Bailly workshop was founded in the 1890s by painter-decorator Marcel Jambon (1848-1908), joined by his apprentice and son-in-law Alexandre Bailly. The studio, located at 73 rue Secrétan in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, supplied the major theaters of the Belle Epoque: Opéra, Opéra-Comique, Comédie française and the Sarah Bernhardt theater, among others. The studio also produced panoramas for the Universal Exhibitions, sets for public monuments (the Béziers arena), companies (La Compagnie des Wagons-lits), private clubs (notably sports clubs) and individuals. In the 1920s, the studio even turned its attention to the film industry with the "Art & Industrie" company, in which Alexandre Jambon-Bailly joined forces with Henri Niépce to create sets for silent films. Very concerned with historical truth, Jambon and Bailly traveled extensively: India, China, Japan, Egypt, Turkey, Russia. ..... The sketches, landscape and architectural designs and photographs they brought back with them added to their already extensive documentation, which included countless collections of engravings, compilations of cut-outs, magazine extracts and more. Their work is characterized by a strong emphasis on detail, and a meticulous, well-documented reconstitution of periods and moods to achieve the desired illusion1.