A tulipwood, ebony, ebonized, and parcel-gilt sideboard by John Taylor & Sons, the marquetry by Joseph Cremer circa 1870

of breakfront outline, centered by a single drawer above three cupboard doors, each decorated with musical trophy marquetry panels, respectively signed J CREMER, the central door with the branded stamp JOHN TAYLOR AND SON / MANUFACTURERS / EDINBURGH. on the reverse.

Joseph Cremer (1830-1878) was one of the most renowned marqueteurs of the mid-nineteenth century in France.  He supplied furniture to Louis Philippe and the King of Holland.  Cremer exhibited at major exhibitions, winning medals in 1839, 1844, 1849 and 1852.  At the 1855 Paris Exposition Universelle he was described by the Jury as "un maître."  

An exhibition center table by Cremer, dated 1855, thought to be from the Paris Exposition of that same year, sold Sotheby's, London, March 21, 1986, and now in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.