Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
It is well known that the Wallace Collection houses an internationally renowned collection of French eighteenth-century furniture, but it is perhaps not so well understood that several of these pieces are not quite what they seem to be. Fashions and tastes change all the time and in this fascinating insight, Dr Helen Jacobsen looks at how collectors and dealers — and even cabinetmakers themselves — have viewed copies and reproductions over the years, perhaps even causing us to reassess our attitudes to the concept of ‘fake’.
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It is well known that the Wallace Collection houses an internationally renowned collection of French eighteenth-century furniture, but it is perhaps not so well understood that several of these pieces are not quite what they seem to be. Fashions and tastes change all the time and in this fascinating insight, Dr Helen Jacobsen looks at how collectors and dealers — and even cabinetmakers themselves — have viewed copies and reproductions over the years, perhaps even causing us to reassess our attitudes to the concept of ‘fake’.
Join us for the next in our Meet the Expert series: youtu.be/L6HhfS6KgMQ
