Société G. Viot et Cie (in activity since 1865) : set up about 1850 Boulevard des Italiens in Paris, this firm was also named “Compagnie des Marbres Onyx d’Algérie” and exploited onyx mines near Oran. The firm specialized in luxuous furniture and art objects, incorporating onyx marbles and bronze. The firm G. Viot & C^ie produced works after models created by the most well-known sculptors, such Albert Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887), Charles Cordier (1827-1905), Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) or Eugène Cornu, which awarded Viot medals at the various exhibitions. E. Cornu then led the firm before H. Journet, who gave it his name in 1878 and headed it.