END OF A FAMOUS FIRM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7725, 30 January 1905, Page 2

END OF A FAMOUS FIRM.

One of th,> best-known names in the West Eiud of Ixmdun, that of Streeter, the famous dealer in predoua Htonw and high-class jewellery, of , will in a few days disapitear from the metropolis, to be replaced by thai of a ltofe firm. Messrs Lailoche l'rerc», of the Ru» de la l*aix, Paris, and of Nice, have bought the entire buuinnis, and will shortly establish u branch of their own business in the Wart Eud. In comcrsution with the l'ftrta cor- «. respondent of the Daily Matt, U. Lmcloohu statid that lttw house haul for many' years done a large businrou wiUi the liriUhti ariiitiKncy. W who found it impossible to buy of Knglish dealers the artistic jewellery which Is now so much in wguc. Though UritiHli Jewellers handle and deal in large quantitta) of the fltHMi stones, they still adhen* to the clumsy settings which were fashionable f t -v ye»r» ago. "he result is tjiat the rich clients So aluxxvd for tftWr Jeweling', alid the hi ghest class trade is pawing out of Hiiitish 1 winds. A walk down the Rue de la I'aix »hown w4ui can be done in the production of works of art Jjy the jeweller, and is also a revelation of wliat has not b« n done by Uritish craftsmen utid merchants. Jewels worth a King's ransom arc (Jisplajwd in every window. l n tho two small Windows of Xoasr# L»clothe s establishment alone arc vnlft. ' allies worth £200,000, and If I* C fo my that In this j. UittiwigMaw, wjilch is not half tha ' nond " Btrwt ' ««"■ wortl) lhe m.lllqns mts pn view. :% In addition tj»' necklaeaa of dlar * luonda and teritoww afnaari. SSL Iw^ dim. cuO-Mnka at t«oe codUng a^mwtMH (iav wa.taiaa.ai*